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Effects of helicopter operations on emperor penguin chicks

Entry ID: heliemps

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Summary

Abstract: Creching emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chickswere exposed to two overflights by an S-76 twin engine helicopter at 1000 m: a current operational guideline for helicopter activity in Antarctica. The flights were conducted on the same day but under different wind conditions: a morning flight with a 10 kt (18 km.hr-1) katabatic blowing perpendicular to the direction of helicopter travel and ...

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Description: Public information for ASAC project 1148

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -60.0

S: -90.0

E: 160.0

W: 45.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1997-11-21

Stop Date: 1997-11-21

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

OCEANS

Quality Dataset and analysis complete The behaviour of creche age emperor penguin chicks was recorded on video while birds were exposed to controlled helicopter over-flights. Video tapes were analysed using &The Observer 3.0&, an interactive behaviour analysis program. Records of sound level (dB) were also taken and later correlated to penguin behaviour and helicopter activity.

Access Constraints The data are available for download from the url given below. The data are in Observer format, but can be opened with any text editor (with a loss of functionality).

Two excel spreadsheets are also part of the dataset.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Must be cited properly

Ancillary Keywords

ACTION

APPROACH

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

AAD

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 69 kb

Distribution Format: txt

Fees: free

Personnel

MELISSA GIESE

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: +61 2 62741549

Fax: +61 2 6274 1006

Email: melissa.giese at ea.gov.au

Contact Address:

C/ Marine Species Section

GPO Box 787

Environment Australia

City: Canberra

Province or State: Australian Capital Territory

Postal Code: 2601

Country: Australia

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1999-10-07

Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-04-10

Future DIF Review Date: 2000-10-07

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