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Heard Island Penguin Colonies, 1948-1980

Entry ID: ASAC_1219_HIMI_Pen

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Summary

Abstract: This dataset contains information on the distribution of Penguins and their breeding colonies on Heard Island, as of 1983. It forms Australia's contribution to the International Survey of Antarctic Seabirds (ISAS). The results are listed in the documentation. These include counts of chicks, adults and nests, as well as colony distribution maps. The Heard Island survey includes King Penguins, ...

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Link: GET DATA

Description: Download point for the data.

Link: GET SERVICE

Description: Biodiversity Database

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Description: Public information for ASAC project 1219

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -53.0

S: -53.0

E: 74.0

W: 73.0

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
Seabirds_HIMI

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1948-01-01

Stop Date: 1980-03-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > Heard Island

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > McDonald Islands

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

Quality Complete, includes all known Heard Island data, up to 1983. This dataset is a collation of all published and unpublished data concerning the distribution and abundance of all penguin species breeding at Heard Island. It forms part of a complete dataset survey the Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard Island, McDonald Islands and Macquarie Island.

Access Constraints See the reference for details.

Images of the maps are available as a download at the url given below. Observation and count data have been incorporated into the Australian Antarctic Data Centre's Biodiversity Database.

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

Must be cited properly

Ancillary Keywords

CHINSTRAP PENGUIN

GENTOO PENGUIN

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: 166 KB

Distribution Format: jpg

Fees: free

Personnel

ERIC WOEHLER

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: eric.woehler at gmail.com

Contact Address:

Birds Tasmania

City: Hobart

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7001

Country: Australia

Publications/References

Budd, G.M. (1961), The biotopes of Emperor Penguin Rookeries., Emu, 61, 171-189

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1999-10-07

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-05-10

Future DIF Review Date: 1999-10-07

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