Photographic images of seabird nesting sites in the Antarctic, collected by remote camera

The dataset comprises photographic images of seabird breeding colonies from cameras at multiple breeding sites across east Antarctic. Once deployed, the cameras operate continuously throughout the year and over multiple years but are programmed to take photographs on different schedules depending on the seabird species. The species include Adelie penguins, emperor penguins, Southern fulmars, Antarctic petrels, Cape petrels and Southern giant petrels. The cameras were positioned to include approximately 10-50 nests in the field of view. Photographs are taken frequently during the breeding season (1-10 photographs per day from October to March) and infrequently during the non-breeding season (1 photograph per week from March to October). Photographs are named by location, date and time (but not species).


The first cameras were deployed in November 2005 and the last camera was deployed in January 2012. Image acquisition is ongoing.


Cameras have been placed at:


Bechervaise Island, Mawson region (2 cameras, Adelie penguins)

Welch Island, Mawson region (3 cameras, Adelie penguins)

Verner Island, Mawson region (1 camera, Adelie penguins)

Petersen Island, Mawson region (2 cameras, Adelie penguins)

Unnamed Island, Mawson region (1 camera, Adelie penguins)

Unnamed Island, Mawson region (1 camera, Cape petrel)

Taylor Glacier, Mawson region (2 cameras, emperor penguins)

Gardner Island, Davis region (3 cameras, Adelie penguins)

Magnetic Island, Davis region (2 cameras, Adelie penguins)

Hop Island, Davis region (1 camera, Adelie penguins; 2 cameras, Southern fulmars; 1 camera, Antarctic petrel)

Hawker Island, Davis region (3 cameras, Southern Giant Petrel)

Amanda Bay, Davis region (3 cameras, emperor penguins)

Whitney Point, Casey region (2 cameras, Adelie penguins)

Blakeney Point, Casey region (1 camera, Adelie penguins)

Shirley Island, Casey region (1 camera, Adelie penguins)

Odbert Island, Casey region (1 camera, Adelie penguins)

Ardery Island, Casey region (2 cameras, Southern fulmars; 2 cameras, Cape petrel)

Nelly Island, Casey region (4 cameras, Southern giant petrel)

Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay region (1 camera, Adelie penguins)

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Identification info

Alternate title
Photographic images of seabird nesting sites in the Antarctic, collected by remote camera
Date (Publication)
2013-11-15
Edition
1

Originator

Southwell, C., Emmerson, L., Wienecke, B. and Newbery, K.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

SOUTHWELL, COLIN
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Principal investigator

EMMERSON, LOUISE
203 Channel Highway
Australian Antarctic Division
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Principal investigator

WIENECKE, BARBARA
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Collaborator

SOUTHWELL, COLIN
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Collaborator

EMMERSON, LOUISE
203 Channel Highway
Australian Antarctic Division
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Collaborator

WIENECKE, BARBARA
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Collaborator

NEWBERY, KYM
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_2722_4088_nest_cameras

Status
On going

Custodian

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Oceans

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Description
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Temporal extent

TimePeriod
2005-11-01
Title
An automated camera system for remote monitoring in polar environments.
Date (Publication)
2009
Citation identifier
55

Citation identifier
doi:10.1016/j.coldregions.2008.06.001

Author

Newbery, K.B. and Southwell, C.
Name
Cold Region Science and Technology
Page
47-51
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > WADERS/GULLS/AUKS AND ALLIES
Keywords
  • Adelie Penguins
  • Emperor Penguins
  • Southern Fulmars
  • Southern Giant Petrels
  • Cape Petrels
  • Nests
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • Cameras
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD
  • AMD/AU
  • CEOS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

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Owing to their size, the collection of images is stored offline in the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC). Please contact the AADC for access.

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This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_2722_4088_nest_cameras when using these data.
Language
English
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Distributor

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Distributor

Fees
Free
Planned available datetime
2013-11-15T00:00:00
Units of distribution
GB
Transfer size
338
Distribution format
  • Images

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PROJECT HOME PAGE

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As needed
Maintenance note
2013-11-15 - record created by Dave Connell from a template completed by Colin Southwell.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/AAS_2722_4088_nest_cameras

Language
English
Character encoding
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Author

CONNELL, DAVE J.
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC

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Dataset

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gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
1ba02bbe-8fd0-4d7c-ab7e-f6295fe7baf5

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Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2015-11-30T03:57:46

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Alternative metadata reference

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gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8.6

Metadata linkage
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_2722_4088_nest_cameras

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Date info (Creation)
2013-11-14T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2017-04-26

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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