Identification

Title

Diet, timing of egg laying and breeding success data for Isle of May European shag population 1985-2015

Abstract

Data on timing of breeding, breeding success and diet of the European shag, sampled from the Isle of May population. The data were collected between 1985 and 2015 by visually checking nests and collecting regurgitated diet samples. These data are part of the Isle of May long-term study to assess population trends of seabirds under environmental change (IMLOTS https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/isle-may-long-term-study). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/6231bd5b-ee2d-4cca-a9ef-88006ffa4976

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/6231bd5b-ee2d-4cca-a9ef-88006ffa4976

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https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/6231bd5b-ee2d-4cca-a9ef-88006ffa4976.zip

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Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/6231bd5b-ee2d-4cca-a9ef-88006ffa4976

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.65

East bounding longitude

-2.462

North bounding latitude

56.231

South bounding latitude

56.141

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1985-01-01

End position

2015-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2020-10-14

date type

creation

effective date

2020-10-06

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Breeding phenology and success were recorded for a sample of nests every year between 1987 and 2016 (no data available for 1993 and 2003). Nests were monitored in 18 plots spread throughout the colony. Nests were checked every seven days from before laying started until after the last chick had fledged. Sea surface temperature data were extracted for February and March in each year (from http://www.bsh.de) for an area surrounding the Isle of May that overlapped shag foraging distribution in the breeding season. Regurgitates (from which the biomass proportions of each prey type can be estimated) were collected during the chick-rearing period (April -July) between 1985 and 2014. Collection dates showed a strong positive correlation with the timing of the shag breeding season.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Keogan, K., Lewis, S., Howells, R.J., Newell, M.A., Harris, M.P., Burthe, S., Phillips, R.A., Wanless, S., Phillimore, A.B., Daunt, F. (2020). Diet, timing of egg laying and breeding success data for Isle of May European shag population 1985-2015. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/6231bd5b-ee2d-4cca-a9ef-88006ffa4976

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

Marine Scotland Science, University of Edinburgh

email address

katharinekeogan@gmail.com

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

sue.lewis@ed.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

Richard.howells@gov.scot

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

web address

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4723-175X

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