RV Investigator Voyage IN2016_T02 Seabird Observations

Seabird and incidental cetacean and seal sightings were recorded during daylight hours during the transit from Hobart to Sydney, May 2016. This voyage was used as a trial of acquiring observations from the RV Investigator observation deck and testing the data recording system.Observations were made every ten minutes in the forward quadrant.There were 393 observations from 33 species of birds, 3 cetaceans and one seal. The commonest bird species were Pachyptila turtur, Thalassarche cauta, Sterna bergii and Morus serrator. Each species has been linked where possible to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS https://www.marinespecies.org). The data has been published to the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS https://obis.org).2016年5月，在从霍巴特（Hobart）前往悉尼（Sydney）的日间航行期间，研究人员记录了海鸟、偶然目击的鲸类与海豹的观测记录。本次航行被用于试验从“调查者号（RV Investigator）观测甲板获取观测数据，并测试数据记录系统。观测活动每10分钟在前侧象限开展一次。本次研究共获取393条观测记录，涉及33种鸟类、3种鲸类及1种海豹。常见鸟类物种包括仙锯鹱（Pachyptila turtur、黄鼻信天翁（Thalassarche cauta、红嘴巨鸥（Sterna bergii）以及澳洲鲣鸟（Morus serrator）。所有物种已尽可能关联至《世界海洋物种登记册（WoRMS, https://www.marinespecies.org）》。该数据集已发布至《海洋生物多样性信息系统（OBIS, https://obis.org）》。