Identifying Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in Antarctica Using RPAS Surveys—A Case Study of Cape Melville, King George Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Drones
• Main Authors: Katarzyna Fudala, Robert Józef Bialik
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic Important Bird and Biodiversity Area; King George Island; Cape Melville; RPAS in wildlife conservation; Antarctic shag; Leucocarbo bransfieldensis; chinstrap penguin; Pygoscelis antarcticus; IBA monitoring; Antarctic; Destruction Bay; Middle Island; The Antarctic; Trowbridge; Trowbridge Island; Ørnen; Ørnen Rocks; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Chinstrap penguin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7080538

A remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) survey of an area containing the eastern extremity of King George Island, including Cape Melville and an extensive part of Destruction Bay, as well as small offshore islands, was undertaken in December 2022. Using RPAS, an inventory of the Destruction Bay ar...