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Satellite tracks for female adelie penguins during the breeding season

Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR

Four satellite transmitters were deployed on female Adelie penguins during the incubation period.

Description

The transmitters were affixed to the backs of the penguins using an epoxy glue. The birds were banded, weighed and had the transmitters fitted before they began egg laying.

Nests were checked several times each day to ascertain time of egg laying, time of departure and time of return. In addition, a control group of six nests was monitored in the same way. This was to assess possible effects that carrying transmitters might have on the behaviour of foraging penguins.

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Penguins were tracked while away for 24-29 days. Complete tracks were obtained for 2 birds and two transmitters failed.

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Not provided · Penguins
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
SourceKeyLast seenRaw
NASA Earthdata CMRC1214591151-SCIOPS14 d agoJSON v1
FieldAssertionExtractorEvidence
access_levelsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biological-classification/animals-vertebrates/birds/penguinssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-providedsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
descriptionsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/Abstract
spatialsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/SpatialExtent
temporalsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/TemporalExtents
titlesource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/EntryTitle
version_labelsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0