Metadata details
AAS_4088_Adelie_occupancy_Chick_Henry_2012
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- Citation
- Southwell, C. and Emmerson, L. (2022) Adélie penguin occupancy survey of Chick and Henry Islands, 2012, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/58fd472c52704, Accessed: 2026-06-04
- Title
- Adélie penguin occupancy survey of Chick and Henry Islands, 2012
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/58fd472c52704
- Created Date
- 2017-04-24
- Revision Date
- 2025-09-29
- Expected Date of Data Release
- 2022-10-11
- Data Version
- 1
- Parent record
- AAS_4088_Adelie_breeding_colony_boundaries
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Description
An occupancy survey in 26 January 2012 found a total of 2 islands along the coast between 120o30’E - 121o02’E had populations of breeding Adélie penguins. The survey was conducted from a fixed wing aircraft and oblique aerial photographs were taken of each occupied site. The aerial photographs were geo-referenced to the coastline shapefile from the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA, tile E159) and the boundaries of penguin colonies were digitised from the geo-referenced photos. Details for each island are:
Chick: Photographs taken on 26 January 2012 and geo-referenced to LIMA tile E159
Henry 1: Photographs taken on 26 January 2012 and geo-referenced to LIMA tile E159
Please refer to the Seabird Conservation Team Data Sharing Policy for use, acknowledgement and availability of data prior to downloading data.
Quality
It was not possible to geo-reference oblique photos to coastline shapefiles perfectly. The colony boundaries are less accurate than those derived elsewhere in east Antarctica from vertical aerial photography (e.g. Vestfolds and Rauers) or ground survey (e.g. Robinsons).
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2012-01-26 - Stop date: 2012-01-26
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS
- EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > BIOSPHERIC INDICATORS > BREEDING PRODUCTIVITY
- EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE IMAGERY
Additional Keywords
- COLONIES
- 4088
Locations
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Platforms
- AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
- SATELLITES
- LANDSAT
- AIRCRAFT
Instruments
- CAMERAS
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_occupancy_Chick_Henry_2012 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
- CEOS
- AMD
Publications
- Southwell, C. and Emmerson, L. (2013) Large scale occupancy surveys in East Antarctica discover new Adélie penguin breeding sites and reveal an expanding breeding distribution., Antarctic Science, 25, 531-535, doi:10.1017/S0954102012001174
Metadata Revision History
2017-04-24 - record created by Colin Southwell. 2022-10-11 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data. 2025-09-29 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.
