Metadata details
AAS_4088_Adelie_occupancy_Stillwell_2015
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- Citation
- Southwell, C. and Emmerson, L. (2022) Adélie penguin occupancy survey of Stillwell Island, 2015, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/5901896f3f18d, Accessed: 2026-06-04
- Title
- Adélie penguin occupancy survey of Stillwell Island, 2015
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/5901896f3f18d
- Created Date
- 2017-04-27
- Revision Date
- 2025-10-09
- Parent record
- AAS_4088_Adelie_breeding_colony_boundaries
Datasets and documents
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Description
The dataset comprises Adélie penguin colony boundaries on one island in the Stillwell Island group. Boundaries were derived from oblique aerial photographs. The aerial photographs were geo-referenced to AAT coastline polygon data and the boundaries of Adelie penguin colonies were digitised.
Please refer to the Seabird Conservation Team Data Sharing Policy for use, acknowledgement and availability of data prior to downloading data.
Quality
It was not possible to geo-reference oblique photos perfectly. The colony boundaries are less accurate than those derived from vertical aerial photography (e.g. Vestfolds and Rauers) or ground survey (e.g. Robinsons).
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2015-02-15 - Stop date: 2015-02-15
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS
- EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > BIOSPHERIC INDICATORS > BREEDING PRODUCTIVITY
Additional Keywords
- COLONIES
- 4088
Locations
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Platforms
- AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
- AIRCRAFT
Instruments
- CAMERAS
Researchers
- southwell, colin (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
- emmerson, louise (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_4088_Adelie_occupancy_Stillwell_2015 when using these data.
Please refer to the Seabird Conservation Team Data Sharing Policy for use, acknowledgement and availability of data prior to downloading data.
