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Bulk stable isotope data of blue and fin whales
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1927742 |
2025-02-13 | Fleming, Alyson; Smith, Malia |
Collaborative Research: A New Baseline for Antarctic Blue and Fin Whales |
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Constraining the Radiocarbon Reservoir Age for the Southern Ocean Using Whale Bones Salvaged from Early 20th Century Whaling Stations
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2200448 |
2024-05-10 | Divola, Claire; Simms, Alexander; Sremba, Angela; Baker, C. Scott; Friedlaender, Ari; Southon, John |
New constraints on 14C reservoirs around the Antarctic Peninsula and the Southern Ocean based on historically-harvested whale bones |
Radiocarbon dating is arguably the most common method for dating Quaternary deposits. However, accurate age assignments using radiocarbon dating are dependent on knowing the radiocarbon reservoir. For the coastal waters across Antarctica, the radiocarbon reservoirs show significant variation, ranging from 700 to 6,000 years depending on the material dated and the period in question. In this study, we examine the radiocarbon reservoir age for the shallow waters of the Southern Ocean using 23 whale bones salvaged from whaling stations operating on or near the Western Antarctic Peninsula between 1904 and 1916. The species origin of the bones had been identified previously as humpback, fin, or blue whales using sequences of mitochondrial (mt)DNA. We find an average reservoir age of 1050 +/- 135 years for these 23 whale bones, with a <100 year difference in the reservoir age value by species. A comparison between our results and other studies through the Holocene suggest that the Southern Ocean surface water radiocarbon reservoir age has not significantly changed for the last 14,000 years. Combining our new ages with existing data sets provides insight to the stability of the Southern Ocean marine radiocarbon reservoir age, enhancing our understanding of ocean ventilation and upwelling dynamics throughout the Holocene. | [] | [] | false | false |
Motion-sensing biologging data from Antarctic minke whales, West Antarctic Peninsula
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1643877 |
2022-03-23 | Friedlaender, Ari |
Foraging Behavior and Ecological Role of the Least Studied Antarctic Krill Predator, the Antarctic Minke Whale (Balaenoptera Bonaerensis) |
This dataset contains motion-sensing and video recording data from CATS biologging tags deployed on Antarctic minke whales in 2018 and 2019. The data are used to determine underwater behavior and link foraging rates to environmental covariates to better understand the ecological role of this poorly known krill predator. Specifically, we are interested in how the presence and amount of ice affects the behavior of this species in the nearshore waters on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, a region experiencing rapid climate change. | ["POLYGON((-65 -62,-64.5 -62,-64 -62,-63.5 -62,-63 -62,-62.5 -62,-62 -62,-61.5 -62,-61 -62,-60.5 -62,-60 -62,-60 -62.4,-60 -62.8,-60 -63.2,-60 -63.6,-60 -64,-60 -64.4,-60 -64.8,-60 -65.2,-60 -65.6,-60 -66,-60.5 -66,-61 -66,-61.5 -66,-62 -66,-62.5 -66,-63 -66,-63.5 -66,-64 -66,-64.5 -66,-65 -66,-65 -65.6,-65 -65.2,-65 -64.8,-65 -64.4,-65 -64,-65 -63.6,-65 -63.2,-65 -62.8,-65 -62.4,-65 -62))"] | ["POINT(-62.5 -64)"] | false | false |
Passive acoustic recording metadata from East Antarctica, Feb 2019
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1746148 |
2021-07-21 | Sirovic, Ana |
EAGER: Collaborative Research: Acoustic Ecology of Foraging Antarctic Blue Whales in the Vicinity of Antarctic Krill |
Logs of cetacean calls recorded using High-frequency Acoustic Recording Package (HARP) deployed in February 2019 off East Antarctica. Log includes blue whale, fin whale, humbpack whale, killer whale, long-finned pilot whale calls, whistles and echolocations. | ["POLYGON((143.6 -65,143.99 -65,144.38 -65,144.77 -65,145.16 -65,145.55 -65,145.94 -65,146.33 -65,146.72 -65,147.11 -65,147.5 -65,147.5 -65.12,147.5 -65.24,147.5 -65.36,147.5 -65.48,147.5 -65.6,147.5 -65.72,147.5 -65.84,147.5 -65.96,147.5 -66.08,147.5 -66.2,147.11 -66.2,146.72 -66.2,146.33 -66.2,145.94 -66.2,145.55 -66.2,145.16 -66.2,144.77 -66.2,144.38 -66.2,143.99 -66.2,143.6 -66.2,143.6 -66.08,143.6 -65.96,143.6 -65.84,143.6 -65.72,143.6 -65.6,143.6 -65.48,143.6 -65.36,143.6 -65.24,143.6 -65.12,143.6 -65))"] | ["POINT(145.55 -65.6)"] | false | false |
Long-term broadband underwater acoustic recordings from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (2017-2019)
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1644196 |
2020-12-29 | Cziko, Paul |
Habitat Severity and Internal Ice in Antarctic Notothenioid Fishes |
Broadband underwater acoustic recordings from the McMurdo Oceanographic Observatory mooring near the seaward terminus of the McMurdo Station seawater intake jetty. An omnidirectional Ocean Sonics icListen hydrophone (SB2-ETH, SN 1713) recorded continuously at 512 kilosamples/second (256 kHz Nyquist frequency; 24 bit) for 2 years. The hydrophone was mounted vertically on a steel strut (insulated with rubber sheet) at about 70 cm above the mud/gravel seabed at 21m deep, with the sloping 45° rubble face of the jetty just behind the hydrophone. Temporal coverage is >90%, with gaps and truncated files arising due to network and power outages and software bugs. The audio recordings are 10 minute WAV files, compressed using the lossless FLAC code (Free Lossless Audio Codec, xiph.org; about 33MB of data/minute compressed; 100MB/min uncompressed). The hydrophone was under thick (to 3 m) sea ice cover for the majority of the dataset. The majority of the recorded biological sounds were produced by Weddell seals. Orca were present intermittently (~10 days total) in January-March in both summers. Known non-biological sounds include irregular low-intensity, broad-spectrum clicks and cracks from the sea ice cover, occasional wind noise, a 1.5-s gurgle with components to 200kHz every 90s from the CTD’s pump, a broad-spectrum mechanical sound for 3 min every 4 h from the observatory's underwater camera cleaning system, low-intensity whines (about 18, 58, 83, and 130 kHz, though variable over the dataset) thought to be from the station seawater pumps (>100 m away within the jetty’s well casing), and intermittent noises from tracked-vehicles and helicopters (September–February), SCUBA divers (October–December), and ships (January). Given hosting limitations, only every 6th file (roughly 10min/hour) has been archived here. Additional data can be obtained by contacting the primary author of the dataset, who will maintain it for as long as possible. Audio spectrogram images (PNGs) at three frequency ranges (three stacked panels per image, upper limits of 2.5, 25, and 256 kHz) from the entire dataset (all data, not subsampled) are also archived separately. | ["POINT(166.6645 -77.851)"] | ["POINT(166.6645 -77.851)"] | false | false |
UAV images and video of whales in the Antarctic Penisula during LMG1802
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1644209 1440435 |
2020-05-10 | Friedlaender, Ari; Dale, Julian; Nowacek, Douglas; Bierlich, KC |
LTER Palmer, Antarctica (PAL): Land-Shelf-Ocean Connectivity, Ecosystem Resilience and Transformation in a Sea-Ice Influenced Pelagic Ecosystem |
This dataset contains UAV (drone) still images and video footage from whales in the Antarctic Peninsula region taken from LM Gould expedition (LMG1802) and small zodiacs. It also contains flight tracks as kml files. | ["POLYGON((-64.5 -63,-63.95 -63,-63.4 -63,-62.85 -63,-62.3 -63,-61.75 -63,-61.2 -63,-60.65 -63,-60.1 -63,-59.55 -63,-59 -63,-59 -63.22,-59 -63.44,-59 -63.66,-59 -63.88,-59 -64.1,-59 -64.32,-59 -64.54,-59 -64.76,-59 -64.98,-59 -65.2,-59.55 -65.2,-60.1 -65.2,-60.65 -65.2,-61.2 -65.2,-61.75 -65.2,-62.3 -65.2,-62.85 -65.2,-63.4 -65.2,-63.95 -65.2,-64.5 -65.2,-64.5 -64.98,-64.5 -64.76,-64.5 -64.54,-64.5 -64.32,-64.5 -64.1,-64.5 -63.88,-64.5 -63.66,-64.5 -63.44,-64.5 -63.22,-64.5 -63))"] | ["POINT(-61.75 -64.1)"] | false | false |
NBP1502 YoYo camera benthic images from Ross Sea
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1246357 |
2019-06-03 | Bart, Philip |
Timing and Duration of the LGM and Post-LGM Grounding Events in Whales Deep Paleo Ice Stream, Eastern Ross Sea Middle Continental Shelf |
Still and video benthic images collected during expedition NBP1502 in the Ross Sea using a YoYo camera system. | ["POLYGON((-171 -75.8,-170.5 -75.8,-170 -75.8,-169.5 -75.8,-169 -75.8,-168.5 -75.8,-168 -75.8,-167.5 -75.8,-167 -75.8,-166.5 -75.8,-166 -75.8,-166 -75.99,-166 -76.18,-166 -76.37,-166 -76.56,-166 -76.75,-166 -76.94,-166 -77.13,-166 -77.32,-166 -77.51,-166 -77.7,-166.5 -77.7,-167 -77.7,-167.5 -77.7,-168 -77.7,-168.5 -77.7,-169 -77.7,-169.5 -77.7,-170 -77.7,-170.5 -77.7,-171 -77.7,-171 -77.51,-171 -77.32,-171 -77.13,-171 -76.94,-171 -76.75,-171 -76.56,-171 -76.37,-171 -76.18,-171 -75.99,-171 -75.8))"] | ["POINT(-168.5 -76.75)"] | false | false |
Linking the Movement Patterns and Foraging Behavior of Humpback Whales to their Prey across Multiple Spatial Scales within the LTER Study Region
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1250208 |
2016-01-01 | Friedlaender, Ari; Johnston, David; Nowacek, Douglas |
RAPID: Linking the Movement Patterns and Foraging Behavior of Humpback Whales to their Prey across Multiple Spatial Scales within the LTER Study Region |
Whales play a central role in the ecology and biogeochemistry of the Southern Ocean. However, little is known regarding their distribution and behavior, in part because of challenges associated with studying these organisms from large research vessels. This research will take advantage of the unique opportunity presented by the 2012-2013 test run of the smaller, more mobile R/V Point Sur. This work will use the Point Sur to investigate humpback whales in the waters studied by the Palmer Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Station off the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). Employing a combination of long-term satellite-linked tags and short-term suction cup tags, researchers will investigate the distribution, abundance and foraging behaviors of whales in this region. Whale biogeography will then be related to quantitative surveys of krill, their primary food source. Hypotheses regarding whale distribution and foraging strategies as well as physical oceanographic features will be tested. The WAP is undergoing some of the most dramatic warming on the planet, and a better understanding of the ecology of top predators is central to developing an understanding of the impacts of this change. Results will be widely disseminated through publications as well as through presentations at national and international meetings. In addition, raw data will be made available through open-access databases. Finally, this work will be coordinated with the extensive infrastructure of the Palmer LTER site, enabling outreach and educational activities. | ["POLYGON((-80 -63,-78 -63,-76 -63,-74 -63,-72 -63,-70 -63,-68 -63,-66 -63,-64 -63,-62 -63,-60 -63,-60 -63.7,-60 -64.4,-60 -65.1,-60 -65.8,-60 -66.5,-60 -67.2,-60 -67.9,-60 -68.6,-60 -69.3,-60 -70,-62 -70,-64 -70,-66 -70,-68 -70,-70 -70,-72 -70,-74 -70,-76 -70,-78 -70,-80 -70,-80 -69.3,-80 -68.6,-80 -67.9,-80 -67.2,-80 -66.5,-80 -65.8,-80 -65.1,-80 -64.4,-80 -63.7,-80 -63))"] | ["POINT(-70 -66.5)"] | false | false |