RV Investigator Voyage IN2016_T02 Seabird Observations, Australia (2016)
Citation
Carlile N, Watts D (2018). RV Investigator Voyage IN2016_T02 Seabird Observations, Australia (2016). Version 1.1. CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/c7w6bx accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-10-18.Description
Seabird and incidental cetacean and seal sightings were recorded during daylight hours during the transit from Hobart to Sydney, May 2016. This voyage was used as a trial of acquiring observations from the RV Investigator observation deck and testing the data recording system. Observations were made every ten minutes in the forward quadrant. There were 393 observations from 33 species of birds, 3 cetaceans and one seal. The commonest bird species were Pachyptila turtur, Thalassarche cauta, Sterna bergii and Morus serrator. Each species has been linked where possible to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS https://www.marinespecies.org).Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Coastal waters of eastern Tasmania, Bass Strait and New South Wales
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Nicholas Carlileoriginator
position: Acting Principal Scientist
Australasian Seabird Group, Birdlife Australia
Suite 2-05, 60 Leicester Street
Carlton
3053
Victoria
AU
Telephone: +61 3 9545 2176
email: Nicholas.Carlile@environment.nsw.gov.au
Dave Watts
metadata author
position: OBIS Australia Data manager
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 (3) 6232 5062
email: OBISAU@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au/
Dave Watts
user
position: Data Officer
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 (3) 6232 5062
email: OBISAU@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.cmar.csiro.au/datacentre/
Eric Woehler
principal investigator
position: Investigator
Birdlife Australia
Hobart
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 0428 204 565
email: eric.woehler@gmail.com
Dave Watts
administrative point of contact
position: OBIS Australia Data manager
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 (3) 6232 5062
email: OBISAU@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au/