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Seabird observations along the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Faeroes and the North East of Scotland (June-August 1974)
Citable as data publication
Joiris C.; Laboratorium voor Ekologie en Systematiek. VUB: Belgium; (2016): Seabird observations along the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Faeroes and the North East of Scotland (June-August 1974). https://doi.org/10.14284/214
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Description
First part of dataset gives an overview of seabirds observed between 25 June and 31 July 1974 along Greenland, Iceland, Faeroes and the North East of Scotland. The second part gives the birding times for all stations where ornithological observations were made. Additionally air and water temperature measurements were noted for some stations. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Joiris, C. (1976). Seabirds seen during a return voyage from Belgium to Greenland in July. more

Between 23 June and 1 August 1974 Dr. Claude Joiris sailed with the yacht 'Atalante" from Nieuwpoort (Belgium) along the east coast of Great Britain, to Thorshavn (Faeroes), several points along the east and north-east coasts of Iceland, then to Angmagssalik in Greenland and back, via Reykjavik, the Vestmann Islands (Iceland) and Edinburgh (Scotland) to Nieuwpoort. The speed was about 9 knots (17km/h). Birds were recorded during standard one-hour observation periods (in fractions of a quarter of an hour), from a point situated at the rear of the yacht, about 1,5 m above sea-level.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Birds
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Sea birds, ANE, British Isles, Scotland, Firth of Forth, ANE, British Isles, Scotland, Orkney I., ANE, Faeroe I., ANE, Greenland, ANE, Greenland Sea, ANE, Iceland Sea, ANE, Iceland-Faeroe Ridge, ANE, North Sea, UK Sector, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Aves

Geographical coverage
ANE, British Isles, Scotland, Firth of Forth [Marine Regions]
ANE, British Isles, Scotland, Orkney I. [Marine Regions]
ANE, Faeroe I. [Marine Regions]
ANE, Greenland [Marine Regions]
ANE, Greenland Sea [Marine Regions]
ANE, Iceland Sea [Marine Regions]
ANE, Iceland-Faeroe Ridge [Marine Regions]
ANE, North Sea, UK Sector
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -36,0022; MinLat: 53,4264 - MaxLong: 1,0242; MaxLat: 66,7206 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
25 June 1974 - 31 July 1974

Taxonomic coverage
Aves [WoRMS]

Parameters
Air temperature
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Count of birds
Development stage of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Presence/absence of biota
Sample duration [BODC]
Temperature of the atmosphere [BODC]
Water temperature

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata manager
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium voor Ecologie en Systematiek (ECOL)data creator
Joiris, Claude

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Publication
Based on this dataset
Joiris, C. (1976). Seabirds seen during a return voyage from Belgium to Greenland in July Le Gerfaut 66: 63-87

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2015-10-14
Information last updated: 2016-10-04
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