Metadata details
AAS_4088_Adelie_occupancy_Windmill
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- Citation
- Southwell, C. and Emmerson, L. (2022) Adélie penguin occupancy survey of the Windmill Island group, 2011, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/58f6e75e26a18, Accessed: 2026-06-04
- Title
- Adélie penguin occupancy survey of the Windmill Island group, 2011
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/58f6e75e26a18
- Created Date
- 2017-04-19
- Revision Date
- 2025-11-06
- Parent record
- AAS_4088_Adelie_breeding_colony_boundaries
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
An occupancy survey in January 2011 found a total of 14 islands/sites in Windmill group had populations of breeding Adélie penguins. The boundaries of breeding colonies at 11 of the 14 islands were subsequently mapped for abundance surveys. Four of the islands, Nelly Island, Hollin Island, Midgley Island and Beall Island were mapped from aerial photos taken in January 2011. Images were taken on the 2 January 2011 [Hollin, Midgley, Beall] and 23 January 2011[Nelly]. Mapping involved digitising polygons around sub-colonies from vertical aerial photographs. The boundaries were mapped with a buffer distance of approximately 1-3 m from the perimeter of penguin sub-colonies.
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Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2011-01-02 - Stop date: 2011-01-23
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
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_Windmill 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.
