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AAS_4088_Adelie_breeding_colony_boundaries

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Citation
Southwell, C. and Emmerson, L. (2022) Boundaries of Adélie penguin breeding colonies at numerous breeding sites across east Antarctica, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/58f59b52edfef, Accessed: 2026-06-04
Title
Boundaries of Adélie penguin breeding colonies at numerous breeding sites across east Antarctica
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.4225/15/58f59b52edfef
Created Date
2017-04-18
Revision Date
2025-09-24
Expected Date of Data Release
2022-10-10
Data Version
1
Parent record
None
Child record
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    Description

    The dataset contains boundaries of Adelie penguin breeding colonies at numerous breeding sites across east Antarctica. The boundary data were obtained using a range of methods which are detailed in separate spatial group-season accounts.

    The database of potential Adelie penguin breeding habitat in Southwell et al. (2016a) was used to associate colony boundaries to a particular breeding site and structure how the boundaries are stored. The breeding site database has a unique identifying code of every site of potential breeding habitat in East Antarctica, and the sites are aggregated into spatial sub-groups and then spatial groups. The file structure in which the boundaries are stored has a combination of 'group' and 'split-year breeding season' at the top level (eg VES 2015-16 contains all boundaries in spatial group VES (Vestfold Hills and islands) taken in the 2015-16 breeding season). Within each group-year folder are sub-folders for each breeding site where photos were taken (e.g. IS_72276 is Gardner Island in the VES group).

    Please refer to the Seabird Conservation Team Data Sharing Policy for use, acknowledgement and availability of data prior to downloading data.

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    Access

    These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -65
    Southernmost:
    -70

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    60
    Easternmost:
    140

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • COLONIES
    • BREEDING
    • BOUNDARIES
    • 4088

    Locations

    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

    Platforms

    • NOT APPLICABLE

    Instruments

    • NOT APPLICABLE

    Researchers

    • southwell, colin (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
    • emmerson, louise (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)

    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=AAS_4088_Adelie_breeding_colony_boundaries when using these data.

    Please refer to the Seabird Conservation Team Data Sharing Policy for use, acknowledgement and availability of data prior to downloading data.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • OCEANS
      • BIOTA

      Dataset Language

      • English

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

      • AMD/AU
      • CEOS
      • AMD

      Publications

      • Southwell, C., Emmerson, L., Takahashi, A., Kato, A., Barbraud, C., Delord, K. and Weimerskirch, H. (2016) Site occupancy by breeding Adelie penguins in East Antarctica., Australian Antarctic Data Centre, doi:10.4225/15/57590498D301C
      • Southwell, C., Emmerson, L., Smith, D.T. and Bender, A. (2016) Sites of potential habitat for breeding Adelie penguins in East Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Data Centre, doi:10.4225/15/5758F4EC91665

      Metadata Revision History

        2017-04-18 - record created by Colin Southwell. 2022-10-10 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data. 2025-09-24 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

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