Heard Island - GPS Seabird Survey 2003/04

• 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; POPULATION DYNAMICS; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; 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; Antarctic; Heard; McDonald Islands; New Zealand; Southern Ocean; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/heard-island-gps-survey-200304/686248; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1219_HIMI_seabirds03-04; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=713; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=720; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=1684; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/ASAC_1219_HIMI_seabirds00-01; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/ftc/search_ftc.cfm; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_1219_HIMI_seabirds03-04

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.