Metadata details
Biology_Log_Wilkes_Zoology_1959_1961
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- Citation
- Commonwealth of Australia (2015) A log of zoological observations made at Wilkes Station and the Windmill Islands, 1959-1961, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/54DA8DAA812FC, Accessed: 2026-05-13
- Title
- A log of zoological observations made at Wilkes Station and the Windmill Islands, 1959-1961
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/54DA8DAA812FC
- Created Date
- 2015-02-05
- Revision Date
- 2024-12-10
- Parent record
- Biology_Logs_1948_1991
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
This file contains a log of zoological observations made by Richard Penney at Wilkes station from 1959 to 1961. The observations were made in the Windmill Islands, at locations such as Clarke Island, Frazier Islands (Islets), Ardery Island (Islet), Odbert Island and Petersen Island.
The observations were made of, adelie penguins, emperor penguins, south polar skuas, giant petrels, cape pigeons, silver-grey petrels, antarctic petrels, snow petrels, wilson's storm petrels, terns, ross seals, crabeater seals, elephant seals, weddell seals, leopard seals and killer whales. Bird banding is also covered in the report.
The download file contains the official copy of the report, as well as Richard Penney's personal copy, which includes some handwritten notes.
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The hard copy of the log has been archived at the National Archives of Australia.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: 1959-01-01 - Stop date: 1961-12-31
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS
Additional Keywords
- Wilkes
- adelie penguins
- emperor penguins
- south polar skuas
- giant petrels
- cape pigeons
- silver-grey petrels
- antarctic petrels
- snow petrels
- wilson's storm petrels
- terns
- ross seals
- crabeater seals
- elephant seals
- weddell seals
- leopard seals
- killer whales
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_Wilkes_Zoology_1959_1961 when using these data.
