Cape Denison Adelie Penguin census, November - December 1997

This penguin census was carried out by Mr Alfred Winklmayr during a visit to Cape Denison. The data were collected between 25th November and 2 December 1997. Colonies in the Cape Denison area were censused, more detailed locations are given in the data. Counts which are made are for colonies, where...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
Subjects:
biota
oceans
BIRDS
EARTH SCIENCE
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
PENGUINS
ADELIE PENGUIN
ANTARCTICA
AREA
CAPE DENISON
NUMBER
ROOKERY LOCATIONS
FIELD INVESTIGATION
FIELD SURVEYS
OBIS &gt
OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
COML &gt
CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE
AMD/AU
CEOS
AMD
CONTINENT &gt
ANTARCTICA &gt
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
Cape Denison
Denison
Lands End
McKellar Island
Memorial Hill
Penguin Knob
Adelie penguin
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://researchdata.ands.org.au/cape-denison-adelie-december-1997/686223
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1219_AAT_APen_CD_97
http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=1340
https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=1219
http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_1219_AAT_APen_CD_97
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Summary:This penguin census was carried out by Mr Alfred Winklmayr during a visit to Cape Denison. The data were collected between 25th November and 2 December 1997. Colonies in the Cape Denison area were censused, more detailed locations are given in the data. Counts which are made are for colonies, where each entry is the mean of 3 counts per colony. The value given for the total birds (24542) includes non-breeders. Locations are given in descriptive format rather than specific latitude and longitude references. Please contact Alfred Winklmayr (phone and fax: (02)99724006), or the contact person, for further details on locations and positional accuracy. Each count entry is the mean of 3 counts per colony, increasing the count accuracy. Penguin counts conducted between 25 November and 2 December 1997. The census covered the following areas and rookeries in the Cape Dension area: rookeries north of Gadget Hut, outside Greenholm Hut and both sides of harbour, Penguin Knob, Azimuth Hill, Memorial Hill, Lands End Ridge, below Sorensen's Hut, east of Sorensen's Hut. A total of 24542 penguins were censused for the Cape Denison area, excluding McKellar Island Rookeries. The fields in this dataset are: Area Rookery locations Number

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