Seabird diet data from the northern section of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (1991-1996)

Roland Pitcher

doi:10.15468/9swpwj

Seabird diet data from the northern section of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (1991-1996)

Citation

CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC): Seabird diet data from the northern section of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (1991-1996) https://doi.org/10.15468/9swpwj accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-22.

Description

Diet data from 1050 individual seabirds covering 17 species were collected in the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef in the period 1992 to 1994. Each occurrence record is one instance of collecting prey from a seabird where the prey was identified, length, wet weight and sometimes dry weight were measured. Otoliths from 50% of the samples were weighed and measured for length.

Taxonomic Coverages

Sterna bergii, S. bengalensis, S. anaethetus, S. sumatrana, Anous stolidus, A. minutus and Sula leucogaster, Sterna fuscata, S. dougallii, S. caspia, Fregata ariel and F. minor

Anous minutus
Anous stolidus
Fregata ariel
Fregata minor
Sterna anaethetus
Sterna bengalensis
Sterna bergii
Sterna dougallii
Sterna sumatrana
Sula dactylatra
Sula leucogaster

Geographic Coverages

Northern end of the Great Barrier Reef and 3 sites in the southern end of the GBR

Bibliographic Citations

I. Poiner, J. Glaister, R. Pitcher, C. Burridge, T. Wassenberg, N. Gribble, B. Hill, S. Blaber, D. Milton, D. Brewer and N. Ellis (1998). Final report on effects of trawling in the Far Northern Section of the Great Barrier Reef: 1991-1996. CSIRO Division of Marine Research, Cleveland. -
Blaber SJM, Milton DA, Farmer MJ and Smith GC (1998). Seabird breeding populations on the far northern Great Barrier Reef Australia: Trends and influences. Emu 98: 44-57 -

Contacts

Roland Pitcher
originator
position: Principal Investigator
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Brisbane
AU
email: Roland.Pitcher@csiro.au

Roland Pitcher
metadata author
position: Principal Investigator
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Brisbane
AU
email: Roland.Pitcher@csiro.au

OBIS Australia Node manager
publisher
position: OBIS Australia Data Manager
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre
Castray Esplande
Tasmania
AU
email: obisau@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au

Roland Pitcher
administrative point of contact
position: Principal Investigator
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Brisbane
AU
email: Roland.Pitcher@csiro.au