Research data supporting: "What colour is penguin guano?"
Description
High-resolution calibrated reflectance spectra (350-2500 nm) of samples of penguin guano, collected on Signy Island, Antarctica, between November 2014 and January 2015. Most samples are from Adélie penguins, though some Chinstrap and Gentoo penguins are also included. A few samples of penguin stomach contents, consisting of partially digested krill and fish, are also included. All samples have accompanying photographs. A peer-reviewed paper describing the data collection methods and interpretation of the results is currently under review.
Format
Spectra were generated from the output of the measuring instrument (ASD Fieldspec Pro) using simple programs running in the GNU Octave language. They were formatted as CSV using LibreOffice, but almost any spreadsheet program (e.g. Microsoft Excel) should be able to read the data.
Keywords
remote sensing, penguins, Pygoscelis, hyperspectral, guano
Relationships
Publication Reference: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102017000190
Sponsorship
NERC (1382692)
Identifiers
This record's DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.8273
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Licence URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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