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AAS_4088_Adelie_occupancy_Rauer_2009

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Citation
Southwell, C. and Emmerson, L. (2022) Adélie penguin occupancy survey of the Rauer Group, 2009, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/58fffb17eb8c8, Accessed: 2026-06-04
Title
Adélie penguin occupancy survey of the Rauer Group, 2009
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.4225/15/58fffb17eb8c8
Created Date
2017-04-26
Revision Date
2025-10-08
Expected Date of Data Release
2022-10-11
Data Version
1
Parent record
AAS_4088_Adelie_breeding_colony_boundaries

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    Description

    Occupancy surveys in November 2008 (Southwell and Emmerson 2013) found a total of 13 Adélie penguin breeding sites in the Rauer Group. The boundaries of breeding sub-colonies at 12 of these sites were subsequently mapped from vertical aerial photographs taken for abundance surveys on 21-23 November 2009 (for details of aerial photography see Southwell et al. 2013). The boundaries were mapped with a buffer distance of approximately 1-3 m from the perimeter of penguin sub-colonies.

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    Access

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

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -68.84
    Southernmost:
    -68.86

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    77.825
    Easternmost:
    77.84

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • COLONIES
    • 4088

    Locations

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

    Platforms

    • AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
    • 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_Rauer_2009 when using these data.

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    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
      • Southwell, C., McKinlay, J., Low, M., Wilson, D., Newbery, K., Lieser, J. and Emmerson, L. (2013) New methods and technologies for regional-scale abundance estimation of land-breeding marine animals: application to Adélie penguin populations in East Antarctica., Polar Biology, 36, 843-856, doi:10.1007/s00300-013-1310-z

      Metadata Revision History

        2017-04-26 - record created by Colin Southwell. 2022-10-11 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data. 2025-10-08 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

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