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ASAC_1219_AAT_APen_CD_97

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Citation
Woehler, E. (1999) Cape Denison Adelie Penguin census, November - December 1997, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/5549AC26C84B5, Accessed: 2026-05-07
Title
Cape Denison Adelie Penguin census, November - December 1997
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.4225/15/5549AC26C84B5
Created Date
1999-12-16
Revision Date
2017-04-26
Parent record
Seabirds_AAT

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    Description

    Penguin counts conducted between 25 November and 2 December 1997. The census covered the following areas and rookeries in the Cape Dension area: rookeries north of Gadget Hut, outside Greenholm Hut and both sides of harbour, Penguin Knob, Azimuth Hill, Memorial Hill, Lands End Ridge, below Sorensen's Hut, east of Sorensen's Hut. A total of 24542 penguins were censused for the Cape Denison area, excluding McKellar Island Rookeries.

    The fields in this dataset are:

    Area
    Rookery locations
    Number

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    Quality

    This penguin census was carried out by Mr Alfred Winklmayr during a visit to Cape Denison. The data were collected between 25th November and 2 December 1997. Colonies in the Cape Denison area were censused, more detailed locations are given in the data. Counts which are made are for colonies, where each entry is the mean of 3 counts per colony. The value given for the total birds (24542) includes non-breeders.

    Locations are given in descriptive format rather than specific latitude and longitude references. Please contact Alfred Winklmayr (phone and fax: (02)99724006), or the contact person, for further details on locations and positional accuracy.

    Each count entry is the mean of 3 counts per colony, increasing the count accuracy.

    Access

    Data are publicly available for download, via the provided URL. Appropriate acknowledgement to Mr Alfred Winklmayr (data collector), should these data be used for presentation or publication.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude: -67.0

    Longitude: 142.0

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • ADELIE PENGUIN
    • ANTARCTICA
    • AREA
    • CAPE DENISON
    • NUMBER
    • ROOKERY LOCATIONS

    Locations

    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > CAPE DENISON
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

    Platforms

    • FIELD INVESTIGATION
    • FIELD SURVEYS

    Instruments

      None

    Researchers

    • woehler, eric (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)

    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=ASAC_1219_AAT_APen_CD_97 when using these data.

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