Log and report of observations of birds and seals at Mawson and Davis Stations, 1954-1959

This file contains a report and a log of biological observations made at Mawson station during the 1950s, after the station was established in 1954. It contains observations of emperor Penguins, Adelie Penguins, Chinstrap Penguins, Giant Petrels, Cape Pigeons, Antarctic Petrels, Silver Grey Petrels, Snow Petrels, Wilson's Storm Petrels, McCormick Skuas, Dominican Gulls, Terns, Elephant Seals, Weddell Seals, Crabeater Seals and Leopard Seals.


Some data are also provided for Davis Station.


The hard copy of the log has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.

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Identification info

Alternate title
Log and report of observations of birds and seals at Mawson and Davis Stations, 1954-1959
Date (Publication)
2014-04-10
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:10.4225/15/53461A3D2AC1D

Originator

Connell, D.J.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

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

Collaborator

CONNELL, DAVE J.
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/Biology_Log_Mawson_1950s

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

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Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
1954-02-01 1959-12-31
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > WADERS/GULLS/AUKS AND ALLIES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES
Keywords
  • Mawson
  • Davis
  • Emperor Penguins
  • Chinstrap Penguins
  • Adelie Penguins
  • Giant Petrels
  • McCormick Skuas
  • Cape Pigeons
  • Antarctic Petrels
  • Silver Grey Petrels
  • Wilson's Storm Petrels
  • Dominican Gulls
  • Snow Petrels
  • Terns
  • Elephant Seals
  • Weddell Seals
  • Crabeater Seals
  • Leopard Seals
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • FIELD INVESTIGATION
  • FIELD SURVEYS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • CEOS
  • AMD
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Resource constraints

Use limitation
This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

Access constraints
licence
Other constraints
This log is available for download from the provided URL.

Resource constraints

File type
Portable Network Graphic
Linkage
Creative Commons by Attribution logo

Title
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Website
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=Biology_Log_Mawson_1950s 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
2014-04-10T00:00:00
Units of distribution
MB
Transfer size
48.8
Distribution format
  • PDF

OnLine resource
GET DATA

Download point for the log

OnLine resource
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Resource lineage

Statement
Some of the scanned text may be very faint.
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2014-04-10 - record created by Dave Connell.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/Biology_Log_Mawson_1950s

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Author

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

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC
Title
Parent Metadata Record
Citation identifier
Biology_Logs_1948_1991

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
000b772d-dd8e-4032-be89-d1701f35e82b

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2015-11-29T18:47:53

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/Biology_Log_Mawson_1950s

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2014-04-09T00:00:00
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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