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Samples were collected in the austral summer of 2013/2014 in the northern Antarctic Peninsula region.", "east": -56.5, "geometry": ["POINT(-56.9 -63.8)"], "keywords": "Adelie Penguin; Antarctica; Antarctic Peninsula; Mercury; Penguin", "locations": "Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica", "north": -63.3, "nsf_funding_programs": null, "persons": "McKenzie, Ashley", "project_titles": "Stable Isotope Analyses of Pygoscelid Penguin remains from Active and Abandoned Colonies in Antarctica", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000317", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Stable Isotope Analyses of Pygoscelid Penguin remains from Active and Abandoned Colonies in Antarctica"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -64.3, "title": "Egg membrane and chick feather THg concentration and stable isotope composition", "uid": "601459", "west": -57.3}, {"awards": "1826712 McMahon, Kelton; 1443424 McMahon, Kelton; 1443585 Polito, Michael; 1443386 Emslie, Steven", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((162 -72,162.9 -72,163.8 -72,164.7 -72,165.6 -72,166.5 -72,167.4 -72,168.3 -72,169.2 -72,170.1 -72,171 -72,171 -72.6,171 -73.2,171 -73.8,171 -74.4,171 -75,171 -75.6,171 -76.2,171 -76.8,171 -77.4,171 -78,170.1 -78,169.2 -78,168.3 -78,167.4 -78,166.5 -78,165.6 -78,164.7 -78,163.8 -78,162.9 -78,162 -78,162 -77.4,162 -76.8,162 -76.2,162 -75.6,162 -75,162 -74.4,162 -73.8,162 -73.2,162 -72.6,162 -72))"], "date_created": "Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set contains measurements of carbon (\u03b413C) and nitrogen (\u03b415N) stable isotope values of feather, skin, bone, and toenail samples of mummified Ad\u00e9lie penguin chick remains excavated from multiple sites around the Ross Sea region of Antarctica between 2004 and 2016, as well as the same measurements for modern Ad\u00e9lie chicks collected from the surface of Cape Hallett and Adelie Cove in January 2016. Stable isotope analyses were conducted using an elemental analyzer coupled to a continuous flow stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer. Where possible, accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dates on selected mummy tissues were completed at the Rafter Radiocarbon Laboratory, New Zealand (NZA), Beta Analytic, Inc. (Beta), the University of Georgia Center for Applied Isotope Studies (UGAMS), and Woods Hole National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (NOSAMS) facility. All dates were corrected for the marine carbon reservoir effect and calibrated to calendar years before present (cal years BP) using a \u0394R of 750\u2009\u00b1\u200950 years and the MARINE13 calibration curve in Calib 7.0 (2\u03c3 range). \r\nThe data set also includes excavation/collection site names and latitude/longitude, date of excavation/collection, tissue used for radiocarbon dating, and carbon to nitrogen ratios. Details of the data set and all relevant methods are provided in Kristan et. al., 2019.\r\n", "east": 171.0, "geometry": ["POINT(166.5 -75)"], "keywords": "Abandoned Colonies; Antarctica; Holocene; Penguin; Ross Sea; Stable Isotope Analysis", "locations": "Antarctica; Ross Sea; Antarctica", "north": -72.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems; Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems; Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems; Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems", "persons": "Kristan, Allyson; Emslie, Steven; Patterson, William", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Investigating Holocene Shifts in the Diets and Paleohistory of Antarctic Krill Predators", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010047", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Investigating Holocene Shifts in the Diets and Paleohistory of Antarctic Krill Predators"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -78.0, "title": "Radioisotope dates and carbon (\u03b413C) and nitrogen (\u03b415N) stable isotope values from modern and mummified Ad\u00e9lie Penguin chick carcasses and tissue from the Ross Sea, Antarctica", "uid": "601263", "west": 162.0}, {"awards": "1443386 Emslie, Steven; 1443424 McMahon, Kelton; 1443585 Polito, Michael; 1826712 McMahon, Kelton", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-59 -62,-58.9 -62,-58.8 -62,-58.7 -62,-58.6 -62,-58.5 -62,-58.4 -62,-58.3 -62,-58.2 -62,-58.1 -62,-58 -62,-58 -62.1,-58 -62.2,-58 -62.3,-58 -62.4,-58 -62.5,-58 -62.6,-58 -62.7,-58 -62.8,-58 -62.9,-58 -63,-58.1 -63,-58.2 -63,-58.3 -63,-58.4 -63,-58.5 -63,-58.6 -63,-58.7 -63,-58.8 -63,-58.9 -63,-59 -63,-59 -62.9,-59 -62.8,-59 -62.7,-59 -62.6,-59 -62.5,-59 -62.4,-59 -62.3,-59 -62.2,-59 -62.1,-59 -62))"], "date_created": "Tue, 24 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "Radiocarbon dates from pygoscelid penguin tissues from ornithogenic soils and beach deposits at Stranger Point, King George (25 de Mayo) Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Uncorrected dates are in radiocarbon years before present (BP); calibrated dates were corrected for the marine carbon reservoir effect (delta R = 700 +/- 50 years) and calibrated with Calib 7.0.4 to provide 2\u03c3 ranges in calendar years BP. All dates except were completed at the Woods Hole National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (NOSAMS) facility and are designated with OS numbers. Localities include ancient penguin breedings sites (mounds, M), active colonies (I9, B3), and a mid-Holocene marine beach deposit (Pingfo 1).", "east": -58.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-58.5 -62.5)"], "keywords": "Abandoned Colonies; Antarctica; Antarctic Peninsula; Beach Deposit; Geochronology; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Holocene; Penguin; Radiocarbon; Radiocarbon Dates; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; Stranger Point", "locations": "Antarctic Peninsula; Stranger Point; Antarctica", "north": -62.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems; Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems; Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems; Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems", "persons": "Emslie, Steven", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Investigating Holocene Shifts in the Diets and Paleohistory of Antarctic Krill Predators", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010047", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Investigating Holocene Shifts in the Diets and Paleohistory of Antarctic Krill Predators"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -63.0, "title": "Radiocarbon dates from pygoscelid penguin tissues excavated at Stranger Point, King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula", "uid": "601212", "west": -59.0}, {"awards": "0739575 Emslie, Steven", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-180 -60,-144 -60,-108 -60,-72 -60,-36 -60,0 -60,36 -60,72 -60,108 -60,144 -60,180 -60,180 -63,180 -66,180 -69,180 -72,180 -75,180 -78,180 -81,180 -84,180 -87,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87,-180 -84,-180 -81,-180 -78,-180 -75,-180 -72,-180 -69,-180 -66,-180 -63,-180 -60))"], "date_created": "Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The research combines interdisciplinary study in geology, paleontology, and biology, using stable isotope and radiocarbon analyses, to examine how climate change and resource utilization have influenced population distribution, movement, and diet in penguins during the mid-to-late Holocene. Previous investigations have demonstrated that abandoned colonies contain well-preserved remains that can be used to examine differential responses of penguins to climate change in various sectors of Antarctica. As such, the research team will investigate abandoned and active pygoscelid penguin (Adelie, Chinstrap, and Gentoo) colonies in the Antarctic Peninsula and Ross Sea regions, and possibly Prydz Bay, in collaboration with Chinese scientists during four field seasons. Stable isotope analyses will be conducted on recovered penguin tissues and prey remains in guano to address hypotheses on penguin occupation history, population movement, and diet in relation to climate change since the late Pleistocene. The study will include one Ph.D., two Masters and 16 undergraduate students in advanced research over the project period. Students will be exposed to a variety of fields, the scientific method, and international scientific research. They will complete field and lab research for individual projects or Honor\u0027s theses for academic credit. The project also will include web-based outreach, lectures to middle school students, and the development of interactive exercises that highlight hypothesis-driven research and the ecology of Antarctica. Two undergraduate students in French and Spanish languages at UNCW will be hired to assist in translating the Web page postings for broader access to this information.\n", "east": 180.0, "geometry": ["POINT(0 -89.999)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Antarctic Peninsula; Biota; Geochronology; Global; Penguin; Ross Sea; Sample/collection Description; Sample/Collection Description; Scotia Sea; Southern Ocean", "locations": "Global; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Sea; Scotia Sea; Southern Ocean; Antarctica", "north": -60.0, "nsf_funding_programs": null, "persons": "Emslie, Steven; Patterson, William; Polito, Michael", "project_titles": "Stable Isotope Analyses of Pygoscelid Penguin remains from Active and Abandoned Colonies in Antarctica", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000317", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Stable Isotope Analyses of Pygoscelid Penguin remains from Active and Abandoned Colonies in Antarctica"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -90.0, "title": "Stable Isotope Analyses of Pygoscelid Penguin remains from Active and Abandoned Colonies in Antarctica", "uid": "600145", "west": -180.0}, {"awards": "0125098 Emslie, Steven", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-50 -60,-29 -60,-8 -60,13 -60,34 -60,55 -60,76 -60,97 -60,118 -60,139 -60,160 -60,160 -63,160 -66,160 -69,160 -72,160 -75,160 -78,160 -81,160 -84,160 -87,160 -90,139 -90,118 -90,97 -90,76 -90,55 -90,34 -90,13 -90,-8 -90,-29 -90,-50 -90,-50 -87,-50 -84,-50 -81,-50 -78,-50 -75,-50 -72,-50 -69,-50 -66,-50 -63,-50 -60))"], "date_created": "Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This project will build on previous studies to investigate the occupation history and diet of Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica, with excavations of abandoned and active penguin colonies. Numerous active and abandoned colonies exist on the Victoria Land coast, from Cape Adare to Marble Point will be sampled. Some of these sites have been radiocarbon-dated and indicate a long occupation history for Adelie penguins extending to 13,000 years before present (B. P.). The material recovered from excavations, as demonstrated from previous investigations, will include penguin bones, tissue, and eggshell fragments as well as abundant remains of prey (fish bones, otoliths, squid beaks) preserved in ornithogenic (formed from bird guano) soils. These organic remains will be quantified and subjected to radiocarbon analyses to obtain a colonization history of penguins in this region. Identification of prey remains in the sediments will allow assessment of penguin diet. \n\nOther data (ancient DNA) from these sites will be analyzed through collaboration with New Zealand scientists. Past climatic conditions will be interpreted from published ice-core and marine-sediment records. These data will be used to test the hypothesis that Adelie penguins respond to climate change, past and present, in a predictable manner. In addition, the hypothesis that Adelie penguins alter their diet in accordance with climate, sea-ice conditions, and other marine environmental variables along a latitudinal gradient will be tested. Graduate and undergraduate students will be involved in this project and a project Web site will be developed to report results and maintain educational interaction between the PI and students at local middle and high schools in Wilmington, NC.", "east": 160.0, "geometry": ["POINT(55 -75)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Biota; Geochronology; Oceans; Paleoclimate; Penguin; Radiocarbon; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean", "locations": "Ross Sea; Antarctica; Southern Ocean", "north": -60.0, "nsf_funding_programs": null, "persons": "Emslie, Steven", "project_titles": "Occupation History and Diet of Adelie Penguins in the Ross Sea Region", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000220", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Occupation History and Diet of Adelie Penguins in the Ross Sea Region"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -90.0, "title": "Occupation History and Diet of Adelie Penguins in the Ross Sea Region", "uid": "600028", "west": -50.0}]

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