Effects of helicopters on Antarctic wildlife

• Other Authors: GIESE, MELISSA (hasPrincipalInvestigator), GIESE, MELISSA (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; environment; oceans; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; EARTH SCIENCE; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CARNIVORES; PENGUINS; BIRDS; TRANSPORTATION; INFRASTRUCTURE; ACTION; ADELIE PENGUINS; APPROACH; BREEDING SUCCESS; DATE; ECG; EMPEROR PENGUINS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS; HABITUATION; HEART RATE; HELICOPTERS; OVERFLIGHTS; RECREATIONAL DISTURBANCE; SCIENTIFIC DISTURBANCE; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; TIME; CAMERAS; HELICOPTER; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Sikorsky; Antarc*; Antarctica; Emperor penguins; Pygoscelis adeliae; walrus*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/effects-helicopters-antarctic-wildlife/701111; https://doi.org/10.26179/5b7a225cdf4e5; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/helipenguins; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

This study aimed to quantify the effects of helicopter operations on Antarctic wildlife, with an emphasis on determining minimum safe over-flight altitudes and landing distances for a range of species. An experimental approach was adopted whereby wildlife were exposed to helicopters either over-flying or landing at specific altitudes or distances while the behaviour, and in some cases physiology, of individual animals were recorded. Two types of helicopters were used in the study: a Sikorsky S-76 (twin engine) and a Squirrel AS350 (single engine). This metadata record relates to the responses of Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) over a number of phases of their breeding cycle. The fields in this dataset are: Time Action Date