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）的航行途中，于日间记录了海鸟、偶然目击的鲸类与鳍足类动物的目击情况。本航次用于试验从“调查者号”（RV Investigator）观测甲板获取观测数据的流程，并对数据记录系统进行测试。观测在船舶前向象限内每十分钟开展一次。本次共记录到393条目击记录，涉及33种鸟类、3种鲸类动物及1种鳍足类动物。最为常见的鸟类物种为Pachyptila turtur、Thalassarche cauta、Sterna bergii及Morus serrator。所有已记录物种均尽可能与世界海洋物种登记册（World Register of Marine Species，WoRMS，https://www.marinespecies.org）完成关联匹配。本数据集已公开发布至海洋生物多样性信息系统（Ocean Biodiversity Information System，OBIS，https://obis.org）。