Metadata details
Biology_Log_Mawson_1950s
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- Citation
- Commonwealth of Australia (2014) Log and report of observations of birds and seals at Mawson and Davis Stations, 1954-1959, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/53461A3D2AC1D, Accessed: 2026-05-13
- Title
- Log and report of observations of birds and seals at Mawson and Davis Stations, 1954-1959
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/53461A3D2AC1D
- Created Date
- 2014-04-09
- Revision Date
- 2024-12-09
- Parent record
- Biology_Logs_1948_1991
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
This file contains a report and a log of biological observations made at Mawson station during the 1950s, after the station was established in 1954. It contains observations of emperor Penguins, Adelie Penguins, Chinstrap Penguins, Giant Petrels, Cape Pigeons, Antarctic Petrels, Silver Grey Petrels, Snow Petrels, Wilson's Storm Petrels, McCormick Skuas, Dominican Gulls, Terns, Elephant Seals, Weddell Seals, Crabeater Seals and Leopard Seals. This is a scanned copy of the original log.
Some data are also provided for Davis Station.
The hard copy of the log has been archived at the National Archives of Australia.
Quality
Some of the scanned text may be very faint.
Access
This log is available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 1954-02-01 - Stop date: 1959-12-31
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > WADERS/GULLS/AUKS AND ALLIES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES
Additional Keywords
- Mawson
- Davis
- Emperor Penguins
- Chinstrap Penguins
- Adelie Penguins
- Giant Petrels
- McCormick Skuas
- Cape Pigeons
- Antarctic Petrels
- Silver Grey Petrels
- Wilson's Storm Petrels
- Dominican Gulls
- Snow Petrels
- Terns
- Elephant Seals
- Weddell Seals
- Crabeater Seals
- Leopard Seals
Locations
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Platforms
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
- FIELD SURVEYS
Instruments
- None
Researchers
- connell, dave (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=Biology_Log_Mawson_1950s when using these data.
