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AAS_4088_Adelie_occupancy_Bechervaise_Kista_2013

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Citation
Southwell, C. and Emmerson, L. (2022) Adélie penguin occupancy survey of Béchervaise Island and Kista Rock, 2013, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/58f8371004d47, Accessed: 2026-06-04
Title
Adélie penguin occupancy survey of Béchervaise Island and Kista Rock, 2013
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.4225/15/58f8371004d47
Created Date
2017-04-20
Revision Date
2025-09-29
Parent record
AAS_4088_Adelie_breeding_colony_boundaries

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    Description

    Six colonies with breeding Adélie penguin colonies were mapped this season on Kista Island. On Béchervaise Island subcolonies C and R were not mapped and so are missing from the final layer, but birds were present in these subcolonies. Subcolonies were mapped by circumnavigating the perimeter of sub-colonies on foot while carrying a Garmin GPS (Legend Cx) to log the track taken. The person walking the perimeter of the sub-colonies maintained a buffer distance of approximately 2.5m between themselves and the breeding birds along the sub-colony boundary. This buffer distance was reduced to approximately 2m in the final shapefiles.

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    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -67.586
    Southernmost:
    -69.7327

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    62.806
    Easternmost:
    74.3798

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • COLONIES
    • 4088

    Locations

    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > BECHERVAISE ISLAND
    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

    Platforms

    • FIELD SURVEYS
    • FIELD INVESTIGATION

    Instruments

    • GPS RECEIVERS

    Researchers

    • southwell, colin (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
    • emmerson, louise (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)

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