Heard Island - GPS Seabird Survey 2003/04

• Other Authors: AADC (owner), AADC, DATA OFFICER (distributor), AADC, DATA OFFICER (custodian), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (hasAssociationWith), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher), Australian Antarctic Division (sponsor), BENDER, ANGELA (author), HARRIS, URSULA (collaborator)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS; BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POPULATION DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLYING BIRDS; GIS; HILL; MARINE BIRDS; PENGUINS; SPIT; AMD/AU; CEOS; AMD; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > Heard Island; CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA > GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; Antarc*; Antarctic; McDonald Islands; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/heard-island-gps-survey-200304/2822316

Progress Code: completed Statement: The data were collected by GPS survey by Eric Woehler (AAD) using a Garmin 12XL receiver (not differentially corrected) during the 2003/2004 field season. The point and polygon data represent nesting sites or colonies of flying birds and penguins. GIS data derived directly from the GPS data have q_info=562. Additional data were eyed based on field observations of inaccessible locations and GPS data recorded in the vicinity of these locations. Data with q_info=563 were eyed in using advice from Eric Woehler with the 1991 SPOT image as a background. Data with q_info=564 were eyed in using advice from Eric Woehler with the Digital globe multispectral image of Heard Island East, acquired 17 January 2003 as a background. The shapefile data are formatted according to the SCAR Feature Catalogue. Usually mapped to a Universal Transverse Mercator projection, Zone 43. A GPS survey of seabirds on Heard Island during the Australian Antarctic Program's 2003/04 expedition. This layer is stored as two datasets (point and polygon) in the Geographical Information System (GIS). Data represent flying bird and penguin colony extents and nesting sites.