Metadata details
AAS_4088_Adelie_occupancy_Mawson_Taylor
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- Citation
- Southwell, C. and Emmerson, L. (2022) Adélie penguin occupancy survey between Mawson and Taylor Glacier, 2015, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/58f813c06e602, Accessed: 2026-06-04
- Title
- Adélie penguin occupancy survey between Mawson and Taylor Glacier, 2015
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/58f813c06e602
- Created Date
- 2017-04-20
- Revision Date
- 2025-10-02
- Expected Date of Data Release
- 2022-10-11
- Data Version
- 1
- Parent record
- AAS_4088_Adelie_breeding_colony_boundaries
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
The dataset comprises Adélie penguin colony boundaries derived from oblique aerial photographs taken towards the end of the 2014/15 summer between Mawson and Taylor Glacier. The aerial photographs were geo-referenced to Australian Antarctic Territory coastline polygon data and the boundaries of Adélie penguin colonies were digitised.
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 perfectly. The colony boundaries are less accurate than those derived 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: 2015-02-15 - Stop date: 2015-02-15
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS
- EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > BIOSPHERIC INDICATORS > BREEDING PRODUCTIVITY
Additional Keywords
- COLONIES
- 4088
Locations
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Platforms
- AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
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_Mawson_Taylor 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
- AMD/AU
- CEOS
Metadata Revision History
2017-04-20 - record created by Colin Southwell. 2022-10-11 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data. 2025-10-02 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.
