Metadata details
Biology_Log_Mawson_1958_1962
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- Citation
- Commonwealth of Australia (2014) A log of biological observations made at Mawson, Davis and Wilkes stations between 1958 and 1962, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/53474AF448655, Accessed: 2026-05-13
- Title
- A log of biological observations made at Mawson, Davis and Wilkes stations between 1958 and 1962
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/53474AF448655
- Created Date
- 2014-04-10
- Revision Date
- 2024-12-09
- Parent record
- Biology_Logs_1948_1991
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
This file contains a log of biological observations undertaken at Mawson, Davis and Wilkes stations between 1958 and 1962. The observations are primarily on flying birds (petrels, skuas, gulls), penguins and seals. The observed animals include: Snow Petrels, McCormick Skuas, Silver-Grey Petrels, Antarctic Petrels, Giant Petrels, Wilson's Storm Petrels, Cape Pigeons, Dominican Gulls, Crabeater Seals, Elephant Seals, Leopard Seals, Ross Seals, Weddell Seals, Emperor Penguins, Adelie Penguins, Chinstrap Penguins and Terns. This is a scanned copy of the original log.
The hard copy of the log has been archived at the National Archives of Australia.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: 1958-01-01 - Stop date: 1962-12-31
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
Additional Keywords
- Mawson
- Davis
- Wilkes
- Snow Petrels
- McCormick Skuas
- Silver-Grey Petrels
- Antarctic Petrels
- Giant Petrels
- Wilson's Storm Petrels
- Cape Pigeons
- Dominican Gulls
- Crabeater Seals
- Elephant Seals
- Leopard Seals
- Ross Seals
- Weddell Seals
- Emperor Penguins
- Adelie Penguins
- Chinstrap Penguins
- Terns
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_1958_1962 when using these data.
