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South polar skuas as vectors of disease

Australian Ocean Data Network
Shellam, G. ; SHELLAM (DECEASED), GEOFF
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Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1336
See the link below for public details on this project.

---- Public Summary from Project ----
Antarctica is considered the most remote ecosystem in the world and yet recent studies have discovered high infection rates for some common poultry diseases in penguins. Because of the increase in human presence in Antarctica from station personnel and tourism there is concern that humans are introducing the diseases to Antarctic wildlife. Alternatively, migratory birds such as the South Polar skua may act as the primary agent bringing exotic diseases to Antarctic penguins. This study will investigate the role of South Polar skuas in the introduction and transmission of diseases to Antarctic penguins. To do this we will assess the normal viral, bacterial and parasitic flora of skuas. In addition we will monitor the effects diseases have on the growth and survivorship of skua chicks. Finally, through radio tracking, we will investigate the local and migratory movements of skuas to determine the scope of their influence. By understanding the role that skuas play in the dynamics of diseases in Antarctica we will be able to define the role of humans more clearly.

The download file attached to this metadata record contains a number of excel spreadsheets, and corresponding work documents. Each spreadsheet is paired with a word document (of the same name), which explains each column, etc in detail.

This project is related to ASAC project 953 (ASAC_953), Investigations of bacterial, viral and parasitic infections in Antarctic penguins, and the development of a standardised monitoring scheme.

The fields in this dataset are:

Skuas
Adults
Chicks
Disease
Date
Mate
Band number
Weight
Length
Blood
Haematology
Latitude
Longtiude
Cloacal swabs
Head
Tarsus
Culmen
Bill
South Polar Skua
Adelie Penguin
Viral swab
bacterial swab

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Progress Code: completed

Data time period: 1999-11-19 to 2004-01-27

78,-67 78,-68 77,-68 77,-67 78,-67

77.5,-67.5

text: westlimit=77; southlimit=-68.0; eastlimit=78; northlimit=-67.0

Subjects
ADELIE PENGUIN | ADULTS | AMD | AMD/AU | BACTERIAL SWAB | BAND NUMBER | BILL | BLOOD | CEOS | CHICKS | CLOACAL SWABS | CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA | CULMEN | DATE | DISEASE | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS | GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR | HAEMATOLOGY | HEAD | LATITUDE | LENGTH | LONGTIUDE | MATE | SKUAS | SOUTH POLAR SKUA | TARSUS | VIRAL SWAB | WEIGHT | biota | oceans |

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