North Monomoy Island

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Details

Country
USA
Species
Common tern
Pipeline
No
Max. nr nestboxes
4000
Running period
1972–1979
ID data
Colour rings
Metal rings
Environmental data
Temperature
Individual data
Morphological measures
Habitat
Sea
Basic breeding
Yes
Feeding at nest data
No
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General Information
Data owner Ian C. T. Nisbet
Contact  
Institution NA
Conditions of use/Licence Open Data, data are available for unrestricted use. However, the data owner asks to be notified when anyone downloads data during his lifetime.Data owner would also like to communicate with anyone who plans to use the data so that he can help with interpretation.
Data available via pipeline No
Quality check of the original data Several QA procedures were used in the field. Detailed QA checks were made during the preparation of the database.
Study site
Name North Monomoy Island
ID NMI
Country United States of America
Size (ha) 30
Major site changes Yes. The barrier island was divided in two by a storm in 1978, but this did not affect the tern breeding site
Latitude 41° 38' 05" N
Latitude 69° 58' 30" W
Number of nests (min) NA
Number of nests (max)

The largest number of nests was about 4,000.
Vegetation Type Beach grass (Ammophila breviligulata), seaside goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) and beach pea (Lathyrus japonica) on sand dunes.
Description of study site Large barrier island; terns nested around the edges of large open areas on inactive sand dunes
Species
Species Common tern
Start year 1972
End year 1979
Continuous collection of data Yes
Gap years Na
Longest data collection 8 years
Parental ID's recorded Yes, at some (but not all) numbered nests
List of basic breeding data collected Mate identity (in some but not all cases); laydates of each egg, clutch-size,  hatchdates of each egg, hatching success, chick growth and survival, productivity.
Description of the protocols for breeding data collection See Nisbet, I. C. T. and Welton, M. J.  1984.  Seasonal variations in breeding success of Common Terns: Consequences of predation.  Condor 86: 53–60.
Description of the protocols for taking individual level measurements NA
Experimental manipulations No
Description of experimental manipulations NA
Predation events recorded see Nisbet, I. C. T. and Welton, M. J.  1984.  Seasonal variations in breeding success of Common Terns: Consequences of predation.  Condor 86: 53–60.
How are second clutches recorded? Second clutches are very rare in common terns, but see Wiggins, D. A., Morris, R. D., Nisbet, I. C .T. and Custer, T. W.  1984.  Occurrence and timing of second clutches in Common Terns.  Auk 101: 281–287.
Catching data
Individual data Yes
Type of individual data Parental body-mass, head-length, wing-length, chick growth.
Feeding data Yes
Type of feeding data Chick provisioning data were collected in several years but are not included in this database.
Other catching data NA
Roosting checks No
Winter ringing No
Colour rings Yes
Tags No
Other No
Genetic data
Blood samples No
Feather samples No
Other samples No
Samples analysed NA
Environmental data
Food availability data No
Temperature data Yes, Station 44020 of NOAA National Data Buoy Center, 21 km WSW (NOAA 2011)
Rainfall data No
Other environmental data No

Details

Country
USA
Species
Common tern
Pipeline
No
Max. nr nestboxes
4000
Running period
1972–1979
ID data
Colour rings
Metal rings
Environmental data
Temperature
Individual data
Morphological measures
Habitat
Sea
Basic breeding
Yes
Feeding at nest data
No