Rauer Group Petrels. Breeding distribution and abundance of surface-nesting petrels in the Rauer Islands, East Antarctica.

• Other Authors: WOEHLER, ERIC (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WOEHLER, ERIC (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; oceans; BIRDS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; PENGUINS; ABUNDANCE; ANTARCTIC PETREL; BREEDING; BUCHAN ISLAND; CAPE PETRELS; CHICK SURVIVAL; DISTRIBUTION; ESTIMATED PAIRS; FILLA ISLAND; HOP ISLAND; OCCUPIED NESTS; PETRELS; POPULATION ESTIMATES; RAUER ISLAND; SOUTHERN FULMAR; OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Rauer Group; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Fulmar; Buchan; Rauer Islands; Hop Island; Filla Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Petrel; Antarctica; Cape Petrel; Cape Petrels
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/rauer-group-petrels-east-antarctica/699601; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1219_AAT_Pet_RI; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

Previous exploration and ornithology in the Rauer Group are reviewed. Estimates of the nesting populations of southern fulmars and Antarctic petrels are compared with censuses conducted in 1983/84 and 1984/85. Population estimates varied considerably between years, and within the same year between d...