https://doi.org/10.82144/3fc97963 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/95 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d8bbc31d-4e0f-423e-973e-73efda28462a https://obis.org/dataset/84cfefce-ded2-4a7f-bb46-6501d724ce0c David Hyrenbach Duke University Marine Laboratory Primary contact khyrenba@u.washington.edu http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/hyrenbach.html OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor David Hyrenbach Duke University Marine Laboratory Primary contact khyrenba@u.washington.edu http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/hyrenbach.html owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: David Hyrenbach Dataset credits: National Science Foundation Abstract: In January 2003, investigators from Duke Marine Lab (David Hyrenbach) and CUNY-Staten Island (Richard Veit) embarked on a research cruise spanning the Southern Indian Ocean, from La Reunion Island, to the French territories of Crozet, Kerguelen and Amsterdam, and finishing in Perth, Western Australia. During this cruise, we surveyed marine birds and mammals across a large-scale gradient of ocean productivity and water mass characteristics, spanning from tropical to sub-Antarctic waters (from 21 to 49 degrees S). Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine Biology Visual sighting Vessels Sightings marine birds marine mammals pelagic seabirds N/A The data presented here are marine bird and mammal counts averaged into contiguous 9-km transects. This cruise, was funded and supported by the following agencies: The U.S. National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs (http://www.nsf.gov/home/polar/), the French Polar Institute (http://www.ifremer.fr/ifrtp/), and the Océan Indien Service d'Observations (https://www.ipsl.fr/en/article/oiso-observing-the-indian-ocean/). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/95 Oceans,Indian Ocean,La Réunion Island,Kerguelen,Amsterdam Island,Crozet 51.946 113.031 -21.793 -49.767 2003-01-04 2003-01-21 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Aphrodroma brevirostris Kerguelen petrel species Aptenodytes patagonicus King penguin genus Arctocephalus Southern fur seals species Arctocephalus tropicalis Amsterdam fur seal species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale species Bulweria bulwerii Bulwer's petrel species Calonectris diomedea Cory's shearwater order Cetacea Cetaceans species Daption capense Cape petrel family Delphinidae Dolphins species Diomedea exulans Wandering albatross species Eudyptes chrysocome Rockhopper penguin species Eudyptes chrysolophus Macaroni penguin species Fregetta grallaria White-bellied storm petrel species Fregetta tropica Black-bellied storm petrel species Garrodia nereis Grey-backed storm petrel species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin species Halobaena caerulea Blue petrel family Laridae Gulls species Larus dominicanus Kelp gull species Leucocarbo atriceps Imperial shag genus Macronectes species Macronectes giganteus Southern giant petrel species Macronectes halli Northern giant petrel suborder Mysticeti Baleen whales species Oceanites oceanicus Wilson's storm petrel species Onychoprion anaethetus Bridled tern species Onychoprion fuscatus Sooty tern species Orcinus orca Killer whale genus Pachyptila species Pachyptila belcheri Slender-billed prion species Pachyptila desolata Antarctic prion species Pachyptila salvini Salvin's prion species Pachyptila turtur Fairy prion species Pelagodroma marina White-faced storm petrel genus Pelecanoides species Pelecanoides georgicus South georgia diving petrel species Pelecanoides urinatrix Common diving petrel species Phaethon lepturus White-tailed tropicbird species Phoebetria fusca Sooty albatross species Phoebetria palpebrata Light-mantled albatross species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale species Procellaria aequinoctialis White-chinned petrel family Procellariidae Fulmars / petrels / shearwaters species Pseudobulweria aterrima Mascarene petrel species Pterodroma baraui Barau's petrel species Pterodroma cervicalis White-necked petrel species Pterodroma externa Juan fernandez petrel species Pterodroma lessonii White-headed petrel species Pterodroma macroptera Great-winged petrel species Pterodroma mollis Soft-plumaged petrel genus Puffinus species Puffinus assimilis Little shearwater species Puffinus carneipes Flesh-footed shearwater species Puffinus gravis Great shearwater species Puffinus griseus Sooty shearwater species Puffinus lherminieri Audubon's shearwater species Puffinus pacificus Wedge-tailed shearwater family Spheniscidae Penguins subspecies Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi species Stercorarius longicaudus Long-tailed jaeger genus Sterna Typical Terns species Sterna virgata Kerguelen tern species Thalassarche cauta Shy albatross species Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yellow-nosed albatross species Thalassarche chrysostoma Grey-headed albatross species Thalassarche melanophris Black-browed albatross This cruise is part of an interdisciplinary project, in collaboration with George Hunt (University of California at Irvine), Henri Weimerskirch (CNRS-CEBC), and Nicolas Metzl (Institut Pierre Simon Laplace), to understand the way oceanographic variability influences the dispersion and community structure of upper-trophic marine predators in the Southern Indian Ocean. notPlanned David Hyrenbach Duke University Marine Laboratory Primary contact khyrenba@u.washington.edu http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/hyrenbach.html NA NA NA David Hyrenbach owner NA zd_95 2025-07-31T14:03:56-04:00 dataset Hyrenbach, D. 2020. SIO Marine Bird and Mammal Survey 2003. Version 1.7.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/3fc97963. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/95 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/95/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/95/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_95 zd_95