A log of zoological observations made at Wilkes Station and the Windmill Islands, 1959-1961

This file contains a log of zoological observations made by Richard Penney at Wilkes station from 1959 to 1961. The observations were made in the Windmill Islands, at locations such as Clarke Island, Frazier Islands (Islets), Ardery Island (Islet), Odbert Island and Petersen Island.


The observations were made of, adelie penguins, emperor penguins, south polar skuas, giant petrels, cape pigeons, silver-grey petrels, antarctic petrels, snow petrels, wilson's storm petrels, terns, ross seals, crabeater seals, elephant seals, weddell seals, leopard seals and killer whales. Bird banding is also covered in the report.


The download file contains the official copy of the report, as well as Richard Penney's personal copy, which includes some handwritten notes.


The hard copy of the map has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.

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Alternate title
A log of zoological observations made at Wilkes Station and the Windmill Islands, 1959-1961
Date (Publication)
2015-02-05
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:10.4225/15/54DA8DAA812FC

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_Wilkes_Zoology_1959_1961

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
1959-01-01 1961-12-31
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 > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > TOOTHED WHALES
Keywords
  • Wilkes
  • adelie penguins
  • emperor penguins
  • south polar skuas
  • giant petrels
  • cape pigeons
  • silver-grey petrels
  • antarctic petrels
  • snow petrels
  • wilson's storm petrels
  • terns
  • ross seals
  • crabeater seals
  • elephant seals
  • weddell seals
  • leopard seals
  • killer whales
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

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This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

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This log is available for download from the provided URL.

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Portable Network Graphic
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Title
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Website
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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_Wilkes_Zoology_1959_1961 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
2015-02-05T00:00:00
Units of distribution
MB
Transfer size
20.7
Distribution format
  • PDF

OnLine resource
GET DATA

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OnLine resource
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

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Resource lineage

Statement
Some of the scanned text may be very faint.
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2015-02-05 - record created by Dave Connell.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/Biology_Log_Wilkes_Zoology_1959_1961

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

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Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
3834b4ed-c0d8-4889-a42b-987f4ded2071

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2015-11-30T07:07:04

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_Wilkes_Zoology_1959_1961

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2015-02-05T00:00:00
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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