Jungblut, Simon; Nachtsheim, Dominik A; Boos, Karin; Joiris, Claude R (2017): Counts of seabirds, marine mammals and other megafauna during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVIII/1 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.868986, In supplement to: Jungblut, S et al. (2017): Biogeography of top predators - seabirds and cetaceans - along four latitudinal transects in the Atlantic Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 141, 59-73, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.04.005
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Abstract:
Please note: Abstract created by PANGAEA data editor using Jungblut et al. (2017). Marine top predators (seabirds, marine mammals and other megafauna) were counted during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVIII/1 passing the east Atlantic from Bremerhaven to Cape Town in fall 2011. Continuous half-hour transect counts were conducted by two observers from the bridge, situated approximately 18 meters above sea level, throughout daylight hours and while the vessel maintained its traveling speed (see Joiris & Falck 2011). Due to the width of the bridge, observations were limited to a 90° angle from the bow to one side, as it was impractical for one observer to simultaneously cover both sides. Species were initially identified with the naked eye and confirmed using binoculars (8 – 10 times magnification). Photos were used in retrospect to help identify rare or hard to classify specimens. Individuals following or circling around the ship were only counted once in a 30 min interval (i.e. during one 'transect count'). Water temperature and salinity were continuously and automatically recorded by a thermo-salinometer installed at the keel of the Polarstern (approximately 10 meters below sea level). Depth data were obtained either from the vessel's echosounder or hydrosweep. Data extraction was carried out from the DShip data system on board.
Supplement to:
Jungblut, Simon; Nachtsheim, Dominik A; Boos, Karin; Joiris, Claude R (2017): Biogeography of top predators - seabirds and cetaceans - along four latitudinal transects in the Atlantic Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 141, 59-73, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.04.005
Related to:
El Naggar, Saad El Dine (2012): The Expedition of the Research Vessel Polarstern to the Antarctic in 2011 (ANT-XXVIII/1). Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on Polar and Marine Research, 657, 78 pp, https://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0657_2012
References:
Joiris, Claude R; Falck, Eva (2011): Summer at-sea distribution of little auks Alle alle and harp seals Pagophilus (Phoca) groenlandica in the Fram Strait and the Greenland Sea: impact of small-scale hydrological events. Polar Biology, 34(4), 541-548, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0910-0
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 7.349879 * Median Longitude: -6.918153 * South-bound Latitude: -33.910000 * West-bound Longitude: -22.901000 * North-bound Latitude: 52.559000 * East-bound Longitude: 18.436000
Date/Time Start: 2011-10-29T08:30:00 * Date/Time End: 2011-11-30T07:15:00
Event(s):
PS79/1-track * Latitude Start: 53.563960 * Longitude Start: 8.548130 * Latitude End: -33.911860 * Longitude End: 18.434600 * Date/Time Start: 2011-10-28T08:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2011-11-30T18:00:00 * Location: Atlantic, transit cruise * Campaign: ANT-XXVIII/1 (PS79) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT)
Parameter(s):
# | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
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1 | Identification | ID | Jungblut, Simon | Consecutive number of transect counts | ||
2 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Jungblut, Simon | Geocode – Starting time (UTC) of 30 min transect count | ||
3 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Jungblut, Simon | Geocode – Mid latitude of 30 min transect count | ||
4 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Jungblut, Simon | Geocode – Mid longitude of 30 min transect count | ||
5 | Depth, bathymetric | Bathy depth | m | Jungblut, Simon | Mid mean water depth of 30 min transect count | |
6 | Speed | Speed | kn | Jungblut, Simon | Average speed of the vessel during 30 min transect count | |
7 | Distance | Distance | km | Jungblut, Simon | Distance covered during 30 min transect count | |
8 | Salinity | Sal | Jungblut, Simon | Mid mean surface salinity of 30 min transect count in practicle salinity units PSU | ||
9 | Temperature, water | Temp | °C | Jungblut, Simon | Mid mean surface water temperature of 30 min transect count | |
10 | Fluorescence, chlorophyll | F chl | µg/l | Jungblut, Simon | Mid fluorescence of 30 min transect count | |
11 | Zone | Zone | Jungblut, Simon | Zones, which were defined on the basis of water temperature and salinity, represent the different water masses along the cruise track | ||
12 | Eudyptes chrysocome | E. chrysocome | # | Jungblut, Simon | Rockhopper penguin | |
13 | Spheniscus magellanicus | S. magellanicus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Magellanic penguin | |
14 | Penguins | Penguins | # | Jungblut, Simon | Penguin sp. | |
15 | Thalassarche melanophris | T. melanophris | # | Jungblut, Simon | Black-browed albatross | |
16 | Thalassarche cauta | T. cauta | # | Jungblut, Simon | Shy albatross | |
17 | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | T. chlororhynchos | # | Jungblut, Simon | Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross | |
18 | Diomedea exulans | D. exulans | # | Jungblut, Simon | Wandering albatross | |
19 | Diomedea dabbenena | D. dabbenena | # | Jungblut, Simon | Tristan albatross | |
20 | Diomedea sp. | Diomedea sp. | # | Jungblut, Simon | Great albatrosses sp. | |
21 | Diomedea epomophora | D. epomophora | # | Jungblut, Simon | Southern royal albatross | |
22 | Diomedea sanfordi | D. sanfordi | # | Jungblut, Simon | Northern royal albatross | |
23 | Diomedea epomophora | D. epomophora | # | Jungblut, Simon | including Diomedea sanfordi | |
24 | Albatrosses | Albatrosses | # | Jungblut, Simon | Albatross sp. | |
25 | Macronectes giganteus | M. giganteus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Southern giant petrel | |
26 | Macronectes sp. | Macronectes sp. | # | Jungblut, Simon | Giant petrel sp. | |
27 | Fulmarus glacialis | F. glacialis | # | Jungblut, Simon | Northern fulmar | |
28 | Daption capense | D. capense | # | Jungblut, Simon | Cape petrel | |
29 | Pterodroma macroptera | P. macroptera | # | Jungblut, Simon | Great-winged petrel | |
30 | Pterodroma feae | P. feae | # | Jungblut, Simon | Fea's petrel | |
31 | Pterodroma incerta | P. incerta | # | Jungblut, Simon | Atlantic petrel | |
32 | Pterodroma arminjoniana | P. arminjoniana | # | Jungblut, Simon | Trinidade petrel | |
33 | Pterodroma mollis | P. mollis | # | Jungblut, Simon | Soft-plumaged petrel | |
34 | Bulweria bulwerii | B. bulwerii | # | Jungblut, Simon | Bulwer's petrel | |
35 | Procellaria aequinoctialis | P. aequinoctialis | # | Jungblut, Simon | White-chinned petrel | |
36 | Procellaria conspicillata | P. conspicillata | # | Jungblut, Simon | Spectacled petrel | |
37 | Petrels | Petrels | # | Jungblut, Simon | Petrel sp. | |
38 | Pachyptila sp. | Pachyptila sp. | # | Jungblut, Simon | including Halobaena sp. | |
39 | Calonectris diomedea | C. diomedea | # | Jungblut, Simon | Cory's shearwater | |
40 | Calonectris edwardsii | C. edwardsii | # | Jungblut, Simon | Cape Verde shearwater | |
41 | Puffinus gravis | P. gravis | # | Jungblut, Simon | Great shearwater | |
42 | Puffinus griseus | P. griseus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Sooty shearwater | |
43 | Puffinus puffinus | P. puffinus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Manx shearwater | |
44 | Puffinus mauretanicus | P. mauretanicus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Balearic shearwater | |
45 | Puffinus baroli | P. baroli | # | Jungblut, Simon | Macaronesian shearwater | |
46 | Puffinus lherminieri | P. lherminieri | # | Jungblut, Simon | Audubon's shearwater | |
47 | Puffinus assimilis | P. assimilis | # | Jungblut, Simon | Little shearwater | |
48 | Shearwaters | Shearwaters | # | Jungblut, Simon | Shearwater sp. | |
49 | Oceanites oceanicus | O. oceanicus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Wilson's storm-petrel | |
50 | Garrodia nereis | G. nereis | # | Jungblut, Simon | Grey-backed storm-petrel | |
51 | Pelagodroma marina | P. marina | # | Jungblut, Simon | White-faced storm-petrel | |
52 | Fregetta grallaria | F. grallaria | # | Jungblut, Simon | White-bellied storm-petrel | |
53 | Oceanodroma castro | O. castro | # | Jungblut, Simon | Madeiran storm-petrel | |
54 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | O. leucorhoa | # | Jungblut, Simon | Leach's storm-petrel | |
55 | Oceanodroma castro | O. castro | # | Jungblut, Simon | including Oceanodroma leucorhoa | |
56 | Hydrobates pelagicus | H. pelagicus | # | Jungblut, Simon | European storm-petrel | |
57 | Storm-petrels | Storm-petrels | # | Jungblut, Simon | Storm-petrel sp. | |
58 | Phaethon aethereus | P. aethereus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Red-billed tropicbird | |
59 | Phaethon lepturus | P. lepturus | # | Jungblut, Simon | White-tailed tropicbird | |
60 | Tropicbirds | Tropicbirds | # | Jungblut, Simon | Tropicbird sp. | |
61 | Fregata aquila | F. aquila | # | Jungblut, Simon | Ascension frigatebird | |
62 | Fregata magnificens | F. magnificens | # | Jungblut, Simon | Magnificent frigatebird | |
63 | Morus bassanus | M. bassanus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Northern gannet | |
64 | Sula capensis | S. capensis | # | Jungblut, Simon | Cape gannet | |
65 | Sula sula | S. sula | # | Jungblut, Simon | Red-footed booby | |
66 | Sula leucogaster | S. leucogaster | # | Jungblut, Simon | Brown booby | |
67 | Catharacta skua | C. skua | # | Jungblut, Simon | Great skua | |
68 | Catharacta maccormicki | C. maccormicki | # | Jungblut, Simon | South polar skua | |
69 | Catharacta antarctica | C. antarctica | # | Jungblut, Simon | Antarctic skua | |
70 | Stercorarius pomarinus | S. pomarinus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Pomarine skua | |
71 | Stercorarius parasiticus | S. parasiticus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Arctic skua | |
72 | Stercorarius longicaudus | S. longicaudus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Long-tailed skua | |
73 | Skuas | Skuas | # | Jungblut, Simon | Skua sp. | |
74 | Branta bernicla | B. bernicla | # | Jungblut, Simon | Brent goose | |
75 | Gavia arctica | G. arctica | # | Jungblut, Simon | Black-throated diver | |
76 | Phalacrocorax capensis | P. capensis | # | Jungblut, Simon | Cape cormorant | |
77 | Phalacrocorax coronatus | P. coronatus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Crowned cormorant | |
78 | Phalacrocorax carbo | P. carbo | # | Jungblut, Simon | Great cormorant | |
79 | Pelecanoides magellani | P. magellani | # | Jungblut, Simon | Magellanic diving-petrel | |
80 | Pelecanoides sp. | Pelecanoides sp. | # | Jungblut, Simon | Diving-petrel sp. | |
81 | Phalaropus fulicarius | P. fulicarius | # | Jungblut, Simon | Red phalarope | |
82 | Larus canus | L. canus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Common gull | |
83 | Larus melanocephalus | L. melanocephalus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Mediteranean gull | |
84 | Larus argentatus | L. argentatus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Herring gull | |
85 | Larus fuscus | L. fuscus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Lesser black-backed gull | |
86 | Larus michahellis | L. michahellis | # | Jungblut, Simon | Yellow-legged gull | |
87 | Larus dominicanus | L. dominicanus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Cape gull | |
88 | Larus marinus | L. marinus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Great black-backed gull | |
89 | Larus ridibundus | L. ridibundus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Black-headed gull | |
90 | Larus minutus | L. minutus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Little gull | |
91 | Rissa tridactyla | R. tridactyla | # | Jungblut, Simon | Black-legged kittiwake | |
92 | Xema sabini | X. sabini | # | Jungblut, Simon | Sabine's gull | |
93 | Gulls | Gulls | # | Jungblut, Simon | Gull sp. | |
94 | Sterna hirundo | S. hirundo | # | Jungblut, Simon | Common tern | |
95 | Sterna arctica | S. arctica | # | Jungblut, Simon | Arctic tern | |
96 | Sterna dougallii | S. dougallii | # | Jungblut, Simon | Roseate tern | |
97 | Sterna anaethetus | S. anaethetus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Bridled tern | |
98 | Sterna fuscata | S. fuscata | # | Jungblut, Simon | Sooty tern | |
99 | Sterna sandvicensis | S. sandvicensis | # | Jungblut, Simon | Sandwich tern | |
100 | Thalasseus maximus | T. maximus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Royal tern | |
101 | Chlidonias niger | C. niger | # | Jungblut, Simon | Black tern | |
102 | Thalasseus bergii | T. bergii | # | Jungblut, Simon | Crested tern | |
103 | Terns | Terns | # | Jungblut, Simon | Tern sp. | |
104 | Anous stolidus | A. stolidus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Brown noddy | |
105 | Uria aalge | U. aalge | # | Jungblut, Simon | Guillemot | |
106 | Alca torda | A. torda | # | Jungblut, Simon | Razorbill | |
107 | Alcidae sp. | Alcidae sp. | # | Jungblut, Simon | Alcidae sp. | |
108 | Seabirds, unidentified | Seabirds unident | # | Jungblut, Simon | Seabird, unidentified | |
109 | Physeter catodon | P. catodon | # | Jungblut, Simon | Sperm whale | |
110 | Megaptera novaeangliae | M. novaeangliae | # | Jungblut, Simon | Humpback whale | |
111 | Balaenoptera physalus | B. physalus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Fin whale | |
112 | Balaenoptera borealis | B. borealis | # | Jungblut, Simon | Sei whale | |
113 | Balaenoptera acutorostrata | B. acutorostrata | # | Jungblut, Simon | Minke whale | |
114 | Balaenoptera brydei | B. brydei | # | Jungblut, Simon | Bryde's whale | |
115 | Globicephala melas | G. melas | # | Jungblut, Simon | Long-finned pilot whale | |
116 | Globicephala macrorhynchus | G. macrorhynchus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Short-finned pilot whale | |
117 | Globicephala sp. | Globicephala sp. | # | Jungblut, Simon | Pilot whale sp. | |
118 | Ziphius cavirostris | Z. cavirostris | # | Jungblut, Simon | Cuvier's beaked whale | |
119 | Beaked whale | Beaked whale | # | Jungblut, Simon | Beaked whale sp. | |
120 | Whale, unidentified | Whale unident | # | Jungblut, Simon | Whale, unidentified | |
121 | Orcinus orca | O. orca | # | Jungblut, Simon | Killer whale | |
122 | Lagenorhynchus australis | L. australis | # | Jungblut, Simon | Peale's dolphin | |
123 | Lagenorhynchus albirostris | L. albirostris | # | Jungblut, Simon | White-beacked dolphin | |
124 | Lagenorhynchus sp. | Lagenorhynchus sp. | # | Jungblut, Simon | Lagenorhynchus sp. | |
125 | Delphinus delphis | D. delphis | # | Jungblut, Simon | Common dolphin | |
126 | Stenella frontalis | S. frontalis | # | Jungblut, Simon | Atlantic spotted dolphin | |
127 | Stenella coeruleoalba | S. coeruleoalba | # | Jungblut, Simon | Striped dolphin | |
128 | Stenella clymene | S. clymene | # | Jungblut, Simon | Clymene dolphin | |
129 | Tursiops truncatus | T. truncatus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Bottlenose dolphin | |
130 | Grampus griseus | G. griseus | # | Jungblut, Simon | Risso's dolphin | |
131 | Steno bredanensis | S. bredanensis | # | Jungblut, Simon | Rough-toothed dolphin | |
132 | Stenella longirostris | S. longirostris | # | Jungblut, Simon | Spinner dolphin | |
133 | Dolphins, unidentified | Dolphins unident | # | Jungblut, Simon | Dolphin, unidentified | |
134 | Phocoena phocoena | P. phocoena | # | Jungblut, Simon | Harbour porpoise | |
135 | Arctocephalus pusillus | A. pusillus | # | Jungblut, Simon | South African fur seal | |
136 | Caretta caretta | C. caretta | # | Jungblut, Simon | Loggerhead sea turtle | |
137 | Chelonia mydas | C. mydas | # | Jungblut, Simon | Green sea turtle | |
138 | Dermochelys coriacea | D. coriacea | # | Jungblut, Simon | Leatherback sea turtle | |
139 | Sea turtles | Sea turtles | # | Jungblut, Simon | Sea turtle sp. | |
140 | Manta sp. | Manta sp. | # | Jungblut, Simon | Manta ray | |
141 | Ray | Ray | # | Jungblut, Simon | Ray | |
142 | Hammerhead shark | Hammerhead shark | # | Jungblut, Simon | Hammerhead shark | |
143 | Shark | Shark | # | Jungblut, Simon | Shark | |
144 | Mola mola | Mola mola | # | Jungblut, Simon | Sun fish |
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