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AAS_4088_Adelie_occupancy_Biscoe

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Citation
Southwell, C. (2022) Adélie penguin occupancy survey of Mount Biscoe, 1985, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/58f6c3ff2e987, Accessed: 2026-06-04
Title
Adélie penguin occupancy survey of Mount Biscoe, 1985
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.4225/15/58f6c3ff2e987
Created Date
2017-04-19
Revision Date
2025-09-29
Expected Date of Data Release
2022-10-10
Data Version
1
Parent record
AAS_4088_Adelie_breeding_colony_boundaries

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    Description

    Aerial and ground photos taken during a visit to Mount Biscoe in 1985 were used to map the extent of old guano and unoccupied Adélie penguin pebble nests found in the area. The guano extended from the beach up the northern slope of the massif to an altitude of approximately 200m. Very few birds were present when the site was visited. The map was hand drawn and put into the paper documented below.

    With the aid of satellite imagery, the diagram was converted into a shapefile for the purposes of mapping the potential colony extent in this location.

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

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -66.215
    Southernmost:
    -66.24

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    51.293
    Easternmost:
    51.358
    Minimum Altitude:
    0 Metres
    Maximum Altitude:
    200 Metres

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • GUANO
    • 4088

    Locations

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

    Platforms

    • AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
    • SATELLITES

    Instruments

    • CAMERAS

    Researchers

    • southwell, colin (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=AAS_4088_Adelie_occupancy_Biscoe 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

      • BIOTA
      • OCEANS

      Dataset Language

      • English

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

      • AMD/AU
      • AMD
      • CEOS

      Publications

      • Bassett, JA, EJ Woehler, PH Ensor, KR Kerry and GW Johnstone (1989) Adélie Penguins and Antarctic Petrels at Mount Biscoe, Western Enderby Land, Antarctica, Emu, 90, 58-60

      Metadata Revision History

        2017-04-19 - record created by Colin Southwell. 2022-10-10 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data. 2025-09-29 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

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