Adelie penguin occupancy survey of Mount Biscoe, 1985

• Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; PENGUINS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; BIRDS; BREEDING PRODUCTIVITY; CLIMATE INDICATORS; BIOSPHERIC INDICATORS; GUANO; CAMERAS; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; SATELLITES; AMD/AU; AMD; CEOS; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; Biscoe; Guano; Mount Biscoe; Southern Ocean; Adelie penguin; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/adelie-penguin-occupancy-biscoe-1985/934277; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4088_Adelie_occupancy_Biscoe; http://data.aad.gov.au/eds/4401/download; https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_4088_Adelie_occupancy_Biscoe; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=AAS_4088; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=AAS_4087

Aerial and ground photos taken during a visit to Mount Biscoe in 1985 were used to map the extent of old guano and unoccupied pebble nests found in the area. The guano extended from the beach up the northern slope of the massif to an altitude of approximately 200m. Very few birds were present when t...