Presence of Disease in the Penguins and Skuas of Macquarie Island 2006
Citation
SHELLAM (DECEASED) G, CONNELL D (2018). Presence of Disease in the Penguins and Skuas of Macquarie Island 2006. Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.4225/15/574bc4f16a33a accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-03-01.Description
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2555
See the link below for public details on this project.
This study investigated the role of Antarctic skuas in the transmission of diseases to royal and king penguins on Macquarie Island. Using blood samples and cloacal swabs we assessed the parasites and viral diseases of the Antarctic skua and the two penguin species. Up to 150 subjects of each species were inspected. We compared the sub-Antarctic environment of Macquarie with previous work in a continental environment. By understanding the role that skuas play in the dynamics of diseases in Antarctica we are better able to define the role of humans in the system.
The download file contains several excel spreadsheets, a readme document and a copy of a poster.
Taken from the readme:
"There are three files that simply enumerate the samples taken and the sample numbers associated with each individual skua or penguin. In general we took two faecal swabs; one was preserved in viral transport medium (medium +streptomycin) and the other was preserved in BHB + glycerin. Both sets were then frozen at -80 degrees C.
Blood was drawn from the brachial vein and where possible, one drop was used to make a thin smear that was air dried. The rest of the blood sample was allowed to clot for at least 3 hours then spun down by centrifuge. The serum was drawn off and has been stored at -80. The RBC pellet was treated with Queen's lysis buffer and has been stored at 4 degrees C.
The other three files are the results of testing for Newcastle Disease and Infectious Bursal Diisease. They are redundant files. One contains the results from both pathogens and the other two contain just the results from a single set of pathogens.
Finally, there is a copy of a poster presentation from the International penguin conference in Hobart in 2007."
Quality: 2018-08-29 - The original files was reformatted to fit OBIS/GBFI/IPT Biodiversity.AQ tracking standards, and a new datasheet "PenguinDisease_2006.csv" was created. The new dataset contains datasetID, occurrenceID, recordNumber, eventDate, year, month, day, decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, locationID, locality, island, institutionCode, country, countryCode, lifeStage, samplingProtocol, occurrenceStatus, occurrenceRemarks, and basisOfRecord. The lowest taxonomical rank of the species identified that could be determined is provided, after matched in WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species).
Taxonomic Coverages
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Aptenodytes patagonicuscommon name: King penguin rank: species
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Eudyptes schlegelicommon name: Royal Penguin rank: species
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Stercorarius maccormickicommon name: Antarctic skua rank: species
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
- van den Brink, N.W., Riddle Martin J., van den Huevel-Greve Martine., van Franeker Jan Andries 2010. Contrasting time trends of organic contaminants in Antarctic pelagic and benthic food webs. Mar. Pollut. Bull. (2010) - doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.09.002
Contacts
GEOFF SHELLAM (DECEASED)originator
position: INVESTIGATOR
Department of Microbiology The Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre University of Western Australia
Nedlands
6009
Western Australia
AU
DAVE CONNELL
metadata author
position: DIF AUTHOR
Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
Tasmania
AU
email: dave.connell@aad.gov.au
homepage: https://data.aad.gov.au/
DATA OFFICER AADC
distributor
position: DATA CENTER CONTACT
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
Tasmania
AU
email: metadata@aad.gov.au
homepage: https://data.aad.gov.au/
GEOFF SHELLAM (DECEASED)
administrative point of contact
position: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Department of Microbiology The Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre University of Western Australia
Nedlands
6009
Western Australia
AU