Albatross Tracking Data

In our efforts to better understand the distribution and foraging range of New Zealand albatross species, Fisheries New Zealand and the Department of Conservation tracked 75 Antipodean and Gibson's wandering albatross (starting January 2019) in real time. In addition to these, data from 14 Salvin's albatross (with data starting from October 2018) are also available.

Daily locational data from GPS and Argos transmitters are uploaded to a series of dedicated satellites, before being downloaded to a wildlife tracking service in France. The data received are groomed to remove any anomalous positions and processed to calculate speed and distance travelled. After being loaded into the Shiny App the data are displayed graphically and species, age class, and sex subsets can be applied. The application allows for data to be downloaded and used externally for further investigation.

Data and Resources

Albatross Tracker Interactive Application
When you click “Interactive map” the flightpath and the last location of each bird will be displayed (denoted by the albatross marker). Different birds can be selected by their ID code and can be...
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Albatross Tracker DataCSV
Extract of all data within the Albatross Tracker Application as at September 23 2019.
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Attribute Description - Albatross Tracking Data.doc
This document provides an explanation of each of the attributes in the albatross tracking data.
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Additional Info

Field	Value
Theme	Fisheries New Zealand
Author	Fisheries Science and Information, Fisheries New Zealand and the Department of Conservation (DOC)
Maintainer
Update frequency	Irregular
Source	https://docnewzealand.shinyapps.io/albatrosstracker/
Source Created	2019-09-13
Source Modified	Unknown
Language	English
Temporal (From to To)	October 2018 - September 2019
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