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1. Annual population counts at selected Adelie Penguin colonies within the AAT [SOE_seabird_candidate_sp_AP]
INDICATOR DEFINITION Breeding populations of Ad?lie penguins at Davis, Mawson and Casey (including Shirley Island and Whitney Point). TYPE OF INDICATOR There are three types of indicators used in ...


2. Breeding populations of Southern Giant Petrels at Heard Island, the McDonald Islands and within the AAT [SOE_seabird_candidate_sp_SGP]
INDICATOR DEFINITION The number of breeding pairs of Southern Giant Petrels at Heard Island, the McDonald Islands, and in colonies near Casey, Davis and Mawson stations. TYPE OF INDICATOR There ...


3. Environmental determinants of fecundity and pup growth in fur seals [SOE_fur_seals]
INDICATOR DEFINITION The fecundity (pupping rates) of female fur seals and the growth rates of their pups relative to changes in sea surface temperatures (local primary production) in the vicinity ...


4. King Penguin breeding population at Heard Island. [SOE_seabird_candidate_sp_KP]
INDICATOR DEFINITION The size of the breeding population of King Penguins at Heard Island. TYPE OF INDICATOR There are three types of indicators used in this report: 1. Describes the CONDITION ...


5. Adelie penguin banding data 1994-2011 from the California Avian Data Center hosted by Point Reyes Bird Observatory Conservation Science [B031_Band]
Bands put on Ad?lie penguin chicks and adults, Ross Island, Antarctica, starting in 1996. Bands were attached at Cape Royds, Cape Bird, Cape Crozier, and Beaufort Island.


6. Adelie penguin chick counts 1997-2011 from the California Avian Data Center hosted by Point Reyes Bird Observatory Conservation Science [B031_chickcount]
Counts of Adelie penguin chicks at Capes Royds and Crozier, 1996 - 2010.


7. Adelie penguin chick measurements 1996 - 2011 from the California Avian Data Center hosted by Point Reyes Bird Observatory Conservation Science [B031_ChickCon]
Measurements of chick flippers and mass taken at weekly intervals beginning 12/1996 - ongoing


8. Adelie penguin diet data 1996 - 2011 from the California Avian Data Center hosted by Point Reyes Bird Observatory Conservation Science [B031_diet]
Diet of Adelie Penguins at Capes Crozier and Royds, Ross Island - 1996 - ongoing.


9. Adelie penguin dive data 1999-2011 from the California Avian Data Center hosted by Point Reyes Bird Observatory Conservation Science [B031_tdr]
Diving data from Adelie penguins.


10. Adelie penguin resighting data 1997-2011 from the California Avian Data Center hosted by Point Reyes Bird Observatory Conservation Science [B031_resight]
Data on resighting of banded Adelie penguins, Capes Crozier and Royds, Ross Island, Antarctica.


11. Adelie penguin weighbridge data 1996-2011 from the California Avian Data Center hosted by Point Reyes Bird Observatory Conservation Science [B031_wb]
Adelie penguin weighbridge (automatic penguin monitoring system) data from Capes Crozier and Royds, 1997 - 2010 (ongoing).


12. Daily weather observations 1996-2011 from the California Avian Data Center hosted by Point Reyes Bird Observatory Conservation Science [B031_weather]
Daily weather observations made by B031 project personnel at Capes Royds and Crozier, Ross Island.


13. Demographics of an Adelie penguin population at Bechervaise Island, Mawson, Antarctica [SOE_adelie_demog]
INDICATOR DEFINITION Demographic parameters for the Adélie penguin at Béchervaise Island near Mawson. TYPE OF INDICATOR There are three types of indicators used in this report: 1.Describes ...


14. Ross Island Sea Watch Data 2005-2011 from the California Avian Data Center hosted by Point Reyes Bird Observatory Conservation Science [B031_Mammals]
Marine Mammal Observations, Ross Island, Antarctica.


15. Marine mammals exploring the oceans pole to pole [org.polarresearch-598]
Marine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole to Pole (MEOP) will deploy state-of-the-art animal-borne CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) tags on strategically chosen, deep-diving marine mammal species ...


16. Whitney Point Adelie Penguin Colonies, Vector GIS Layer [ASAC_1219_AAT_WP_ADPE_Colonies]
An ArcGIS shapefile layer showing the extent of all extant and relic Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colonies at Whitney Point, Windmill Islands, February 2006. The field 'Status' describes each ...


17. Nelly Island Adelie Penguin Colonies, Vector GIS Layer [ASAC_1219_AAT_NI_ADPE_Colonies]
An ArcGIS shapefile layer showing the extent of all extant Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colonies at Nelly Island, Windmill Islands, December, 1990. The colony boundaries were digitised from ...


18. The track of the VWHALE voyage of the Australian Antarctic Program, February - March 2013 [VWHALE_voyage_track_2013]
Voyage track information for the VWHALE voyage of the Australian Antarctic program, February-March, 2013. The data are available as either NMEA files or shapefiles. Voyage objective - Whale acoustics ...


19. GLS tag deployments on Snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea) in 2011 and 2012 from Bechervaise Island, Mawson Coast and Filla Island, Rauer Group [ASAC_2722_SP_GLS]   PARENT DIF
GPS tag deployments on Snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea) in 2011 from Bechervaise Island, Mawson Coast and Filla Island, Rauer Group, as part of AAS project 2722. Identifying potential threats from ...


20. Polar Organism genomic and transcriptomic sequences, 2010 [KPDC_POGTS_KGI_2010]
Genomics is high-profile science, impacting on all areas of biology, especially functional genomics focuses on the dynamic aspects such as gene transcription, translation, and protein?protein interactions ...


21. Foraging ecology of emperor penguins in summer and potential overlap with fisheries [ASAC_1252]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1252 See the link below for public details on this project. Currently three datasets are attached to this metadata record. Dive data collected in 1988, ...


22. Cetacean (whales) aerial survey data from the Antarctic collected between 2008 and 2010 [ASAC_2941_Aerial_Data]
With the aim of estimating the proportion of Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in pack ice over summer, an Australian fixed-wing aerial survey programme, based in east Antarctica, ...


23. BIOFLAME-BIOPEARL: BIOdiversity dynamics: Phylogeography, Evolution And Radiation of Life [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00504]
Geological and biological sampling associated with recolonisation histories. BIOFLAME will study the DNA &fingerprints& of biological evolution to trace the way species adapt to environmental extremes ...


24. DISCOVERY-FLEXICON: FLEXIbility and CONstraints in life histories [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00516]
FLEXICON is investigating the life-cycles of some of the world''s most durable and abundant organisms that are vital to the Earth''s systems. Marine organism in the Southern Ocean must endure one ...


25. DISCOVERY-FOOD-WEBS: Scotia Sea FOOD-WEBS [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00514]
Ocean food webs modify the efficiency with which CO2 is absorbed from the atmosphere into the sea, fixed by phytoplankton in the surface layers and then transported to the ocean interior. This so-called ...


26. DISCOVERY-OEM: Ocean Ecosystems and Management [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00513]
Maintaining long-term food security in a changing environment is one of the greatest challenges to the sustainable exploitation of the Earth System, including its oceans. The well publicised collapses ...


27. Conservation and population status of albatrosses and giant petrels on Macquarie Island [ASAC_2569_751]
Databases (Wandering, Black-browed, Light-mantled Sooty and Grey-headed albatrosses, Northern Giant Petrels and Southern Giant Petrels): These databases summarise all banding and resight information ...


28. Survey report 1999/2000 summer season Voyage 4 to 6 Australian Antarctic Division Author - Mark Anderson / UTAS [survey_1999-2000_V4_V6]
Taken from sections of the Report: The main purpose of the 1999-2000 Antarctic MAGIP Field Program was to provide survey support to a number of operations being undertaken around the Davis area. ...


29. Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1 [CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_COMPLETE_V11]
The Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 426 indicators for 239 countries from five major environmental sustainability indicator efforts: the 2006 Environmental ...


30. APIS - Antarctic Pack Ice Seals 1994-1999, plus historical data from the 1980's [APIS]
APIS data were collected between 1994 and 1999. This dataset also includes some historical data collected between 1985 and 1987. Both aerial and ship-board surveys were conducted. Studies on the behaviour ...


31. Changes in vegetation on Macquarie Island 2000 to 2007 [ASAC_1015_macca_veg_change]
Taken from the report in the download file: Plot data and satellite imagery were used to examine changes in vegetation between 2000 and 2007. These data were examined in light of changes in rabbit ...


32. Impacts of trawling on benthic habitats in the subantarctic and high Antarctic - 2009-2010 fieldwork [ASAC_1189_200910020]
This project aims to assess the vulnerability of and risks to habitats in Australian fisheries in the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)/Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ) of the Southern Ocean to ...


33. Fish catches from Rectangular Midwater Trawl during BROKE-West [BROKE-West_RMT_Fish]   PARENT DIF
This dataset gives an overview of the fish (larvae) caught in the RMT 8+1 (Rectangular Midwater Trawl composed of nets with an 8 square metre and 1 square metre net opening surface area respectivly). ...


34. Biology of the Sea Elephant (Elephant Seal), Heard Island, 1951 [sea_elephant_biology_1951]
This is a copy of a scanned document which contains a report, as well as tabulated data compiled by K. Brown on Sea Elephants (Elephant Seals) at Heard Island in 1951. The data are biological in ...


35. Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides) data tables from Heard Island - circa 1948-1960 [Heard_Is_Pelecanoides_Old]
These data tables were scanned by Fiona Gleadow. The data relate to diving petrels (Pelecanoides) from Heard Island, and generally appear to be measurements of body parts (weight, wing, tail, beak, ...


36. Hand written data sheets detailing stomach contents of birds captured on Heard Island in 1951 [Heard_Is_Birds_Stomachs_1951]
The documents available for downloading are: A scanned copy of a notebook from data collection/analysis Two annotated copies of a typed list detailing the contents of the stomachs of ...


37. Statistics on ornithological (bird) data collected from Heard Island in 1950-1951 [Heard_Is_Birds_Statistics_1951]
The download file contains a scanned copy of correspondence, the report, and statistics from data collected on birds from Heard Island in approximately 1951 (the report is dated May 1951, so data ...


38. The Commercial Biology of the Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina linn) on Macquarie Island - 1948 [sea_elephant_biology_1948]
Taken from the report prepared by R Kenny: In this report our comparatively brief knowledge of the Elephant Seal at Macquarie Island (based only on one year's observations) have been augmented by ...


39. Polar Organism genomic and transcriptomic sequences, 2009 [KPDC_POGTS_KGI_2009]
Genomics is high-profile science, impacting on all areas of biology, especially functional genomics focuses on the dynamic aspects such as gene transcription, translation, and protein?protein interactions ...


40. Polar Organism genomic and transcriptomic sequences, 2011 [KPDC_POGTS_KGI_2011]
Genomics is high-profile science, impacting on all areas of biology, especially functional genomics focuses on the dynamic aspects such as gene transcription, translation, and protein?protein interactions ...


41. Conservation and Management Science of Marine Mammals [ASAC_2941]
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 2941. This project replaced project 2301 after 2006-2007 (ASAC_2301). Public This work addresses Australian Government marine mammal conservation, ...


42. Macquarie Island Royal Penguin studies. Also includes Skua predation study and band resights. 1962 - 1968 [Macquarie_Royals_1962-1968]
Scans from one or more field books from observations made at Macquarie Island between 1962 and 1968. The observations were of Royal Penguins, and also of Skua predation and band resights. The following ...


43. Survey Report, Heard Island, Surveying and Mapping Field Season 2000-2001 [survey_2000-2001_Heard]
Taken from sections of the report: This report details survey work carried out in the Australian Territory of Heard Island as part of Voyage 2 during October and November 2000 by LANDINFO on behalf ...


44. 2007-08 V3 CEAMARC-CASO Benthic Trawl Samples [CEAMARC_CASO_200708_V3_BENTHIC_TRAWL_SAMPLES]
Sampling strategy: Samples from trawls or sledges are sieved on the trawl deck then sorted in the wet lab per taxonomic group. Sorting may vary from high taxonomic levels (order, family) to specific ...


45. Impacts of the feral house mouse (Mus musculus) on spiders on subantarctic Macquarie Island [ASAC_104_mice]
Macquarie Island is a Nature Reserve under the Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 and also a World Heritage Area but it has been modified significantly as the result of the introduction ...


46. Distribution of foraging effort of Antarctic fur seals in relation to oceanographic features around Heard and Kerguelen Islands [ASAC_1251]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1251 See the link below for public details on this project. ---- Public Summary from Project ---- The aim of this study is to develop spatial GIS models ...


47. Reconstructing the foraging ecology and molecular evolution of sub-Antarctic penguins: A pilot study [AAS_3203]
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) Project 3203 See the link below for public details on this project. Public Summary High-order predators rely on the productivity of the Southern Ocean marine ...


48. Commercial and Research Fish Catch database held by the Australian Antarctic Division [AADFishDatabase]
Dataset is primarily data collected by Fisheries Observers on Australian commercial fishing vessels targeting Patagonian Toothfish and Mackerel Icefish in the HIMI (Heard Island and McDonald Islands) ...


49. Community composition of seabirds in the Prydz Bay region, derived from at-sea observations of seabirds. [WOV_PRYDZ_BIRD_COMMUNITIES]
Observations of seabirds at sea have been made by observers on Australian Antarctic ships in the Prydz Bay region during most seasons since 1980/81. Approximately 32000 observations of 26 main species ...


50. Integrated weight longline study, New Zealand ling fishery 2002-2003 [ASAC_2295_IWL_2002-2003]
This research was a manipulative experiment on autoline ling vessels in the New Zealand ling fishery. The vessels were the Janas and the Avro Chieftain. The experiment examined both seabird bycatch ...


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