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Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)

Entry ID: EPA0158

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Summary

Abstract: The "Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)" was developed in
1988 for the purpose of estimating the current status, changes, and trends in
indicators of the condition of the nation's ecological resources on a regional
basis; monitoring of indicators of pollutant exposure and habitat condition;
identifying associations between human-induced stresses and ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 50.0

S: 25.0

E: -67.0

W: -125.0

Data Set Citation

Online Resource: http://www.epa.gov/emap/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1990-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

Science Keywords

OCEANS > AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH

BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES PREDATION

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

OCEANS

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

Quality The Dates provided in temporal coverage are approximate only, and represent the beginning and end of the 2006 - 2011 Antarctic seasons.
The latitudes and longitudes provided in spatial coverage are approximate only.

Taken from the 2009-2010 Progress Report:
Variations to work plan or objectives:
An aerial survey of the Vestfold Hills ... and Rauer Islands was conducted in November 2009 to collect data on the distribution and abundance of Adelie penguins in the areas around Davis. This supports one of the projects stated goals of expanding the spatial scale of monitoring, and involved taking photographs from a helicopter along pre-defined transects. Counts from aerial photographs will enable an assessment of the current distribution of colonies throughout the Vestfold Hills and Rauer Islands. Density and abundance will also be assessed providing population estimates. Current estimates will be compared with aerial photography through the same region in previous decades, enabling an assessment of changes in the distribution and abundance of the meta-population. Planned ground surveys of islands off Davis were performed in November 2009 (Gardener Island). Aerial photography of the Adelie penguin colonies surveyed from the ground in a small section of Gardner island enabled an assessment of the accuracy of counts gained from both survey methods. Preliminary results from this small trial indicate considerable undercounting from aerial photos, and further assessment of bias may be needed in 2010/11.

We propose to expand the snow petrel monitoring program to include (1) measurement of breeding success from mountain sites inland from Mawson, (2) a regional survey of the snow petrel population across the islands in the Kista Strait off Mawson, (3) modifying existing methods of nest checking for improved measurement of breeding success, and (4) identifying the relationship between parental quality and habitat quality.

Field work:
This season we performed a count of Adelie penguin sub-colonies on Gardener Island off Davis to ground truth aerial photography surveys. Ground surveys were also performed at a number of islands within the Rookeries group to the west of Mawson, and at the Robinson Islands the east of Mawson, to estimate population size and contribute to an assessment of temporal variation in abundance. Local islands around Mawson (Verner, Welch, Petersen and Klung) were also visited to count adults and / or chicks, and to maintain and download the automatic cameras installed on each island. The detailed monitoring program of Adelie penguins at Bechervaise Island, a CEMP long-term monitoring site, was continued and achieved all planned objectives. These included arrival counts, male and female attendance counts, as well as egg and chick counts to estimate hatching and breeding success. Satellite transmitters were deployed on 15 fledging Adelie penguins to track their winter foraging range.

Work on flying seabirds included surveys on numerous islands within the Kista Strait off Mawson, and the Robinson group east of Mawson. Double-observer surveys were performed at all visited sites to assess the detectability of crevice nesting species (snow petrels and Wilson's storm petrels). Regular checks of a large sample of snow petrel nest on Bechervaise island provided data on the proportion of nests occupied, nest attendance rates, hatching success and breeding success.

Laboratory activity/analysis:
CCAMLR monitoring data are processed and submitted to CCAMLR in the winter following each field season. Analysis of population survey, breeding success, foraging and survival data is continually underway as evidenced by the many recent publications.

Access Constraints The data are currently not publicly available.

A copy of a pdf document providing more information about the project is available for download at the provided URL.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference at the provided URL when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

predation

CCAMLR

fisheries

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 88 kb

Distribution Format: pdf

Fees: free

Personnel

COLIN SOUTHWELL

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +61 3 6232 3450

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: colin.southwell at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

DAVE CONNELL

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3244

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: dave.connell at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Publications/References

Newbery, K.B. and Southwell, C. (2009). An automated camera system for remote monitoring in polar environments. Cold Region Science and Technology 55: 47-51.
Wilson, D. (2009). Causes and benefits of chick aggregations in penguins. The Auk 126 (3): 688-693.

Tierney, M., Emmerson, L. and Hindell, M. (2009). Temporal variation in Adelie penguin diet at Bechervaise Island, east ...

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2006-07-27

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-07-28

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