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royals_macca_1952

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Citation
Soucek, F. and Watts, D. (2009) Royal penguin Eudyptes schlegeli observations at North Head, Macquarie Island 1952/53, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/royals_macca_1952, Accessed: 2026-05-27
Title
Royal penguin Eudyptes schlegeli observations at North Head, Macquarie Island 1952/53
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
Created Date
2009-05-01
Revision Date
2019-04-10
Parent record
None

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    Description

    Observations of Royal Penguins at North Head, Macquarie Island were made to 2 purposes. First, general observations of the whole rookery, with counting birds, noting times of laying, hatching, changing of guard over the nests and habits of the penguins. Second, the detailed observation of marked nests for the determination of hatching periods, size of clutches and variations in the dimensions of the eggs.

    Census data from field report by Z Soucek (now deceased), lodged in the AAD archives.

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    Quality

    The values provided in temporal and spatial coverage are approximate only.

    Access

    These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL and are also available at GBIF, OBIS and SCAR-MarBIN.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -54.48041
    Southernmost:
    -54.78327

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    158.76343
    Easternmost:
    158.95432
    Minimum Altitude:
    0 Metres
    Maximum Altitude:
    10 Metres

    Data Resolution

    Latitude Resolution:
    100 Metre(s)
    Longitude Resolution:
    100 Metre(s)
    Vertical Resolution:
    10 Metre(s)
    Temporal Resolution:
    1 Day(s)

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • census
    • egg laying
    • egg weights and dimensions

    Locations

    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

    Platforms

    • FIELD SURVEYS
    • FIELD INVESTIGATION

    Instruments

    • VISUAL OBSERVATIONS

    Researchers

    • soucek (deceased), frank (INVESTIGATOR)
    • watts, dave (TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)

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    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=royals_macca_1952 when using these data.

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