Seabird observations on the RV Falkor, Voyage FK201228, Coral Sea, Australia (2020)

Seabird observations were conducted in the Coral Sea from the Schmidt Ocean Institute vessel RV Falkor, Voyage FK201228 from late December 2020 to January 2021. The voyage 'Pinging in the New Year: Mapping the Tasman and Coral Seas' was a month long investigation in the Tasman and Coral seas to conduct uninterrupted, broad-scale seafloor mapping, and to observe the concentration of seabirds in the area. At-sea seabird observation data were collected using standard protocols to establish baselines in the region and to better understand species distribution over space and time, which is often influenced by seafloor features and ocean productivity.
Time aboard R/V Falkor for data collection on cruise number FK201228 was granted by Schmidt Ocean Institute (https://schmidtocean.org).

本数据集的海鸟观测工作于2020年12月下旬至2021年1月期间，在珊瑚海（Coral Sea）海域开展，搭载平台为施密特海洋研究所（Schmidt Ocean Institute）旗下考察船法尔科号（RV Falkor），对应航次编号为FK201228。本次航次主题为“新年声呐探测：塔斯曼海与珊瑚海海床制图”（Pinging in the New Year: Mapping the Tasman and Coral Seas），为期一个月，在塔斯曼海（Tasman Sea）与珊瑚海（Coral Sea）海域开展不间断、大范围的海床制图作业，并对区域内海鸟的聚集密度进行观测。本次海鸟海上观测数据均采用标准观测规程采集，旨在建立该区域的海鸟观测基线，以更好地理解海鸟物种的时空分布规律——而海鸟的分布往往受海床地形与海洋生产力的影响。
FK201228航次中依托考察船法尔科号开展的数据采集工作时长，由施密特海洋研究所（Schmidt Ocean Institute）授权提供，其官网地址为https://schmidtocean.org。