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Occupancy surveys of Adelie penguin breeding distribution in the Australian Antarctic Territory
The current distribution of Adelie penguin breeding colonies in the AAT is being mapped through a series of 'occupancy' surveys.
A GIS of potential Adelie penguin breeding habitat was developed to structure the overall search effort. Information about the GIS is given in Southwell et al. (2009) and in the related metadata record 'Sites of potential habitat for breeding Adelie penguins in East Antarctica' with Entry ID AAS_4088_Adelie_Potential_Habitats.
The AAT coastline was broken into groups and subgroups which were surveyed when logistics allowed. All sites of potential habitat in each section were searched and a record of whether breeding penguins were present or absent was made. Most surveys were undertaken during the Adelie penguin breeding season when breeding penguins would have been present; any surveys outside the breeding season made observations of the presence or absence of guano. Most surveys have been undertaken from aircraft (both helicopters and fixed wing), but some have been done from the ground.
Maps of potential breeding habitat in the groups and subgroups were produced from the GIS to use in the field surveys. The data recorded for each search campaign included the latitude and longitude of the centroid of each site that was searched, the data of search, the observer(s), and the state of occupancy (present or absent).
These data were incorporated into the occupancy surveys undertaken as part of AAS project 4088. See the metadata record for that project to access the data (at the provided URL).
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
- Occupancy surveys of Adelie penguin breeding distribution in the Australian Antarctic Territory
- Date (Publication)
- 2011-10-23
- Edition
- 1
Originator
Publisher
Principal investigator
Collaborator
- Name
- CAASM Metadata
- Status
- Completed
Custodian
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Oceans
Extent
))
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 2005-11-21
- Title
- Incomplete search effort: a potential source of bias in estimates of Adelie penguin breeding populations in the Australian Antarctic Territory.
- Date (Publication)
- 2009
- Citation identifier
- 45
- Citation identifier
- doi:10.1017/S00322474409008444
Author
- Name
- Polar Record
- Page
- 375-380
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ISLANDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS
- Keywords
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- occupancy
- adelie penguins
- breeding colonies
- AAT
- Australian Antarctic Territory
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- Computer > Computer
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- Aircraft
- HELICOPTER
- FIELD SURVEYS
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- AMD/AU
- CEOS
- AMD
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- This metadata record is publicly available.
Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- The data from these surveys has been incorporated into the data from AAS project 4088, and is available via that metadata record at the provided URL. The metadata record 'Sites of potential habitat for breeding Adelie penguins in East Antarctica' with Entry ID AAS_4088_Adelie_Potential_Habitats has links to the GIS data, sites list and maps created for this project.
Resource constraints
- File type
- Portable Network Graphic
- Title
- Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Website
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Legal code for Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 International license
- Use constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- 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=ASAC_2722_Occupancy_Surveys when using these data.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
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EXTENDED METADATA
See the metadata record for the AAS 4088 occupancy surveys (Access the data here)
- OnLine resource
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PROJECT HOME PAGE
Public information for ASAC project 2722
- OnLine resource
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PROJECT HOME PAGE
Public information for AAS project 4088
- OnLine resource
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- 2011-10-24 - Record created by Dave Connell from information provided by Colin Southwell. 2012-07-31 - Record updated by Dave Connell to link site maps. 2014-09-11 - Record updated by David Smith at request of Colin Southwell. Links to data removed and transferred to newly created child record with ID ASAC_2722_Occupancy_Surveys_potential_breeding_habitat. Summary and Access Constraints updated. Use Constraints and Distribution Information deleted. 2016-08-15 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates. 2017-08-31 - record updated by Dave Connell to point to the 4088 record for the data. 2018-05-22 - record updated by Dave Connell to correct the references to other metadata records.
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- string/ASAC_2722_Occupancy_Surveys
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Author
Sponsor
Owner
- Title
- Parent Metadata Record
- Citation identifier
- ASAC_2722
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 1cd558ba-c488-4a40-8237-5c68dfd0c633
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2015-11-30T04:54:06
Identifier
- Description
- metadata.extraction_date
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 8.6
- Metadata linkage
-
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2722_Occupancy_Surveys
Point of truth for the metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2011-10-23T00:00:00
- Date info (Last Update)
- 2018-05-22
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3
- Edition
- 2014
- Other citation details
- Version 1
- Title
- DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
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