Metadata details
Biology_Log_Windmill_Islands_Fauna_1961_1962
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- Citation
- Commonwealth of Australia (2015) Fauna survey in the Windmill Islands, 1961-1962, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/54E51AB1083E5, Accessed: 2026-05-13
- Title
- Fauna survey in the Windmill Islands, 1961-1962
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/54E51AB1083E5
- Created Date
- 2015-02-18
- Revision Date
- 2024-12-10
- Parent record
- Biology_Logs_1948_1991
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
This file contains a report on the fauna of the Windmill Islands, 1961-1962. The file contains information on photographic records, banding data, and nest marking.
Species included in the report are:
Adelie penguins
Silver grey petrels
Giant petrels
Pintado petrels
Snow petrels
Antarctic petrels
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The hard copy of the log has been archived at the National Archives of Australia.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: 1961-01-01 - Stop date: 1962-12-31
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
Additional Keywords
- Windmill Islands
- Silver grey petrels
- Adelie penguins
- Giant petrels
- Pintado petrels
- Snow petrels
- Antarctic petrels
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_Windmill_Islands_Fauna_1961_1962 when using these data.
