Metadata details
AAS_4088_Adelie_occupancy_Vestfold_2011
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- Citation
- Southwell, C. and Emmerson, L. (2022) Adélie penguin occupancy survey of the Vestfold Hills, 2011, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/5902ce3206f00, Accessed: 2026-06-04
- Title
- Adélie penguin occupancy survey of the Vestfold Hills, 2011
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/5902ce3206f00
- Created Date
- 2017-04-28
- Revision Date
- 2025-10-10
- Expected Date of Data Release
- 2022-10-12
- Data Version
- 1
- Parent record
- AAS_4088_Adelie_breeding_colony_boundaries
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
Occupancy surveys in November 2008 (Southwell and Emmerson 2013) found a total of 31 Adélie penguin breeding sites off the Vestfold Hills. The boundaries of breeding sub-colonies at 26 of these sites were subsequently mapped from vertical aerial photographs A further two breeding sites (IS_72295 and McCallie Rocks_72205) were photographed obliquely from a helicopter using a hand-held camera on 10 January. Colony boundaries for 72295 were drawn and digitised by eye. Colony boundaries for 72295 were sketched onto a rough island polygon from the oblique photo without being rectified.
Please refer to the Seabird Conservation Team Data Sharing Policy for use, acknowledgement and availability of data prior to downloading data.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2011-01-10 - Stop date: 2011-01-10
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
- AIRCRAFT
- HELICOPTER
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_Vestfold_2011 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. 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
2017-04-28 - record created by Colin Southwell. 2022-10-12 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data. 2025-10-10 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.
