Metadata details
AAS_4088_Adelie_occupancy_Windmill_2012-2013
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- Citation
- Southwell, C. and Emmerson, L. (2022) Adélie penguin occupancy survey of the Windmill Island group, 2012 - 2013, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/58f6edaedaa3e, Accessed: 2026-06-04
- Title
- Adélie penguin occupancy survey of the Windmill Island group, 2012 - 2013
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/58f6edaedaa3e
- Created Date
- 2017-04-19
- Revision Date
- 2025-11-07
- 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
An occupancy survey in January 2011 found a total of 14 islands/sites in Windmill group had populations of breeding Adélie penguins. The boundaries of breeding colonies at 11 of the 14 islands were subsequently mapped for abundance surveys. Seven islands were mapped on the ground with GPS: Whitney Point, Blakeney Point, Shirley Island, Odbert Island, Berkley Island, Cameron Island and O'Connor Island between 10 December 2012 to 9 January 2013 ). The buffer distance was reduced to 1-2 m in the shapefiles created from the ground maps. Ground mapping involved circumnavigating the perimeter of sub-colonies on foot while carrying a Garmin GPS (Legend Cx or Vista C) to log the track taken. The person walking around the sub-colonies maintained a buffer distance of 2-3 m between themselves and the penguins at the sub-colony boundary to minimise disturbance.
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Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2012-12-10 - Stop date: 2013-01-09
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
- FIELD SURVEYS
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
Instruments
- GPS RECEIVERS
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_Windmill_2012-2013 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
- CEOS
- AMD
- AMD/AU
Metadata Revision History
2017-04-19 - record created by Colin Southwell. 2022-10-12 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data. 2025-11-07 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.
