Population estimates of emperor penguins, Mawson coast, Antarctica

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 484

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---- Public Summary from Project ----

Emperor penguins are the only birds that breed in the Antarctic winter. They feed mainly on fish and squid but also ingest krill. Changes in food availability due to oceanographic or climatic factors, or to the extent of sea ice (through the processes of global warming) will have a direct impact on the breeding success and population size of the penguins. By counting the number of males that incubate at mid-winter each year, we can monitor trends in their population size. Counts of fledglings in spring (November) tell us how successful the penguins bred.


The download file contains an excel spreadsheet which presents a summary of known Emperor Penguin colonies in the area of the Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT), and a file which details counts of male emperor penguins at the Taylor Glacier colony.


A description of the column headings used in the spreadsheet is below.


Colony: Colony name


lat, long: latitude and longitude of colony


discovered: date colony was discovered


current est pop (BP): Current estimated population size in breeding pairs - current as at date the colony was last seen


last seen: date the colony was last seen


counting method: method used to count the breeding pairs in the colony


comments: any applicable comments


reference: references relating to the colony


Taken from the 2009-2010 Progress Report:

Public summary of the season progress:

Population size of colonies fluctuates which is why long term monitoring studies are necessary to detect trends. At the emperor penguin colony at Taylor Glacier, monitored continuously since 1988, a slight downward trend is apparent but is not (yet?) statistically significant. The colony was visited three times: once in winter to obtain an estimate of the number of adults in the colony (roughly equivalent to the number of breeding pairs), and twice during the late chick rearing season to estimate breeding success. The count of adults in 2009 was the lowest on record. Reasons for this are still unknown.

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Identification info

Alternate title
Population estimates of emperor penguins, Mawson coast, Antarctica
Date (Publication)
2014-10-06
Edition
1
Citation identifier
Dataset DOI

Title
Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
Date (Publication)
2012-04-23
Citation identifier
ISO 26324:2012

Citation identifier
doi:10.4225/15/5433159B290CC

Originator

Wienecke, B. and Robertson, G.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

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

Principal investigator

ROBERTSON, GRAHAM
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Collaborator

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

Collaborator

ROBERTSON, GRAHAM
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_484

Status
Completed

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

Extent

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W


Extent

Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
1988-06-21 2010-11-30
Title
The history of the discovery of emperor penguin colonies, 1902-2004.
Date (Publication)
2010
Citation identifier
46

Citation identifier
10.1017/S0032247409990283

Author

Wienecke, B.
Name
Polar Record
Title
Emperor penguin colonies in the Australian Antarctic Territory: how many are there?
Date (Publication)
2009
Citation identifier
45

Author

Wienecke, B.
Name
Polar Record
Page
304-312
Title
Population estimates of emperor penguins at Amanda Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Antarctica.
Date (Publication)
2009
Citation identifier
45

Author

Wienecke, B., Pedersen, P.
Name
Polar Record
Page
7-14
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > PELAGIC
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS
Keywords
  • ANTARCTICA
  • BREEDING SUCCESS
  • EMPEROR PENGUIN
  • FLUCTUATIONS IN FOOD SUPPLY
  • GLOBAL CHANGE
  • SEA-ICE
  • TRENDS IN NUMBERS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • Aircraft
  • HELICOPTER
  • FIELD SURVEYS
  • GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
  • SHIPS
  • AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • CEOS
  • AMD
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Resource constraints

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This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

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Other constraints
The excel spreadsheet of colony summaries and Taylor Glacier counts are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

Resource constraints

File type
Portable Network Graphic
Linkage
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Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Website
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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=ASAC_484 when using these data.
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor

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
2014-10-06T00:00:00
Units of distribution
kb
Transfer size
29
Distribution format
  • Excel

OnLine resource
GET DATA

Download point for the colony summaries

OnLine resource
PROJECT HOME PAGE

Public information for ASAC project 484

OnLine resource
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

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Resource lineage

Statement
Taken from the 2009-2010 Progress Report: Field work: The colony at Taylor Glacier was visited on 26 June, 28 Oct and 1 Dec. On all three occasions, all birds present in the colony were photographed. Visits to the colony lasted no more than 2 hours and personnel kept at the appropriate distance to avoid disturbance. This season, it was possible for the first time since 2005 to reach Taylor Glacier in early December. In five previous seasons, snow and fast ice conditions had made such a late visit impossible. Two visits during the chick rearing season allowed us to compare chick numbers in October with those present in early December and estimate the rate of loss at this stage of the breeding season. Two major changes will take place over the next years: first, we shall test the deployment of fixed cameras at Taylor Glacier for suitability of obtaining information we have so far not been able to collect (e.g. time of arrival). Second, other colonies will be included in the monitoring study (e.g. Auster, Amanda Bay).
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Dataset
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2009-08-18 - record updated by Dave Connell after data were submitted by Barbara Wienecke. 2010-05-07 - record updated by Dave Connell after data were submitted by Barbara Wienecke. 2014-10-06 - record updated by Dave Connell after final data were submitted by Barbara Wienecke. 2016-10-28 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/ASAC_484

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Author

ROBERTSON, GRAHAM
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
6e7fb302-d55b-401b-a833-e9448f75e38a

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2015-11-30T06:36:05

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Description
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Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8.6

Metadata linkage
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_484

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Date info (Creation)
2000-07-31T00:00:00
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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