• Arctic SDI catalogue
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Tracking of Arctic tern migrations 2007-2008

<p>The study of long-distance migration provides insights into the habits and performance of organisms at the limit of their physical abilities. The Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea is the epitome of such behavior; despite its small size (-lt;125 g), banding recoveries and at-sea surveys suggest that its annual migration from boreal and high Arctic breeding grounds to the Southern Ocean may be the longest seasonal movement of any animal. Our tracking of 11 Arctic terns fitted with miniature (1.4 g) geolocators revealed that these birds do indeed travel huge distances (more than 80,000 km annually for some individuals). As well as confirming the location of the main wintering region, we also identified a previously unknown oceanic stopover area in the North Atlantic used by birds from at least two breeding populations (from Greenland and Iceland). Although birds from the same colony took one of two alternative southbound migration routes following the African or South American coast, all returned on a broadly similar, sigmoidal trajectory, crossing from east to west in the Atlantic in the region of the equatorial Intertropical Convergence Zone. Arctic terns clearly target regions of high marine productivity both as stopover and wintering areas, and exploit prevailing global wind systems to reduce flight costs on long-distance commutes.-nbsp;</p>

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Date ( Publication )
2012-06-13
Unique resource identifier
6d617269-6e65-696e-666f-000000003074
Resource provider
  Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
Owner
  Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
Publisher
  Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Bio-geographical regions
  • Habitats and biotopes
  • Sea regions
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Egevang, C. 2012. Tracking of Arctic tern migrations 2007-2008. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/705">(http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/705)</a> on yyyy-mm-dd.
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Englishen
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  • Biota
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
  • Oceans
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Begin date
2007-08-13
End date
2008-05-31
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:4326
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Date ( Publication )
2017-03-02
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This metadata set is non conformant with the Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE dataset and service metadata based on ISO/TS 19139:2007
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Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
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Conformance of this data set with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services was not evaluated
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Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
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2025-03-26T00:00:00+01:00
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  Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
 
 

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