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University of Liverpool seabird tracking in Anguilla 2012-2015

The UK Overseas Territories of Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands are located in the north-west Lesser Antilles. Whilst mainland Anguilla lacks any large breeding seabird populations, its offshore cays excel in this area and are home to five globally and 12 regionally important populations. Four of Anguilla’s seven offshore cays are already designated as terrestrial important bird areas (IBAs) due to their important seabird colonies, with Dog Island being the second most important site for breeding seabirds in the region.

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Publication Date
2021-12-02
Title

University of Liverpool seabird tracking in Anguilla 2012-2015

Abstract

The UK Overseas Territories of Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands are located in the north-west Lesser Antilles. Whilst mainland Anguilla lacks any large breeding seabird populations, its offshore cays excel in this area and are home to five globally and 12 regionally important populations. Four of Anguilla’s seven offshore cays are already designated as terrestrial important bird areas (IBAs) due to their important seabird colonies, with Dog Island being the second most important site for breeding seabirds in the region.

Dataset Language

en

 
Dataset Creator
  University of Liverpool - Louise Soanes

Metadata Provider
  Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

BE

https://www.vliz.be
Dataset Contact
  University of Liverpool - Louise Soanes

Keywords (ASFA)
  • Breeding sites

  • Foraging habitats

  • Satellite tracking

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ASW, Lesser Antilles, Anguilla I.

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

-66.62

East Bounding Coordinate

-58.04

North Bounding Coordinate

24.215

South Bounding Coordinate

17.048

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

ASW, Lesser Antilles, British Virgin I.

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

-66.62

East Bounding Coordinate

-58.04

North Bounding Coordinate

24.215

South Bounding Coordinate

17.048

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2012-03-27

End Date

2015-03-30

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:343999

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

species

Taxonomic Rank Value

Fregata magnificens

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:567827

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

species

Taxonomic Rank Value

Onychoprion fuscatus

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137177

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

species

Taxonomic Rank Value

Phaethon aethereus

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212599

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

species

Taxonomic Rank Value

Sula dactylatra

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212597

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

species

Taxonomic Rank Value

Sula leucogaster

License Information

Intellectual Rights

This work is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

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Additional Metadata

describes

Extra metadata added by VLIZ to add parameter, platform info, as well as GBIF fields

Metadata

parameter

Occurrence of biota

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp

2021-12-02T14:47:31+01:00

Hierarchy Level

dataset

Citation

Soanes L. 2015. University of Liverpool seabird tracking in Anguilla 2012-2015. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP ( http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1279) on yyyy-mm-dd.

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://www.emodnet-biology.eu/portal/index.php?dasid=5386

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://www.emodnet-biology.eu/toolbox/en/download/occurrence/dataset/5386

Physical

Object Name

IPT

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource.do?r=zd_1279_1deg

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://obis.org/dataset/f4f347ce-09bb-47ab-a9c3-80abd63589ff

Physical

Object Name

Online dataset

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1279

Physical

Object Name

Metadata

Character Encoding

UTF-8

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

HTML

Distribution

Online

URL
http://www.eurobis.org//imis?dasid=5386