Effects of helicopters on Antarctic wildlife

This study aimed to quantify the effects of helicopter operations on Antarctic wildlife, with an emphasis on determining minimum safe over-flight altitudes and landing distances for a range of species. An experimental approach was adopted whereby wildlife were exposed to helicopters either over-flying or landing at specific altitudes or distances while the behaviour, and in some cases physiology, of individual animals were recorded. Two types of helicopters were used in the study: a Sikorsky S-76 (twin engine) and a Squirrel AS350 (single engine). This metadata record relates to the responses of Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) over a number of phases of their breeding cycle.


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Identification info

Alternate title
Effects of helicopters on Antarctic wildlife
Date (Publication)
2003-12-01
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:10.26179/5b7a225cdf4e5

Originator

Giese, M.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

GIESE, MELISSA
C/ Marine Species Section
GPO Box 787
Environment Australia
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia

Collaborator

GIESE, MELISSA
C/ Marine Species Section
GPO Box 787
Environment Australia
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/helipenguins

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
  • Environment
  • Oceans

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Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
1995-10-10 1998-02-12
Title
Effects of human activity on Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae breeding success.
Date (Publication)
1996
Citation identifier
75

Author

Giese, M.
Name
Biological Conservation
Page
157-164
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > TRANSPORTATION
Keywords
  • ACTION
  • ADELIE PENGUINS
  • APPROACH
  • BREEDING SUCCESS
  • DATE
  • ECG
  • EMPEROR PENGUINS
  • EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
  • HABITUATION
  • HEART RATE
  • HELICOPTERS
  • OVERFLIGHTS
  • RECREATIONAL DISTURBANCE
  • SCIENTIFIC DISTURBANCE
  • STRESS
  • TEMPERATURE
  • TIME
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • CAMERAS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • HELICOPTER
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • CEOS
  • AMD
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Resource constraints

Use limitation
This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

Access constraints
licence
Other constraints
The data are available for download from the provided URL. The data are in Observer format, but can be opened with any text editor (with a loss of functionality).

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=helipenguins 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
2003-12-01T00:00:00
Units of distribution
kb
Transfer size
609
Distribution format
  • txt

OnLine resource
GET DATA

Download point for the data.

OnLine resource
PROJECT HOME PAGE

Public information for ASAC project 1148

OnLine resource
PROJECT HOME PAGE

Public information for ASAC project 2251

OnLine resource
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Resource lineage

Statement
Data collection completed. Analysis in progress. Adelie penguin behaviour was recorded on video and heart rate recorded using ECG transmitters while birds were exposed to controlled helicopter over-flights. Video tapes were analysed using 'The Observer 3.0', an interactive behaviour analysis program. Heart rate was downloaded from ECG units and stored as Excel files.
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2000-12-12 Some details added by Dave Connell. 2008-04-18 - record updated by Dave Connell. 2018-08-20 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/helipenguins

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
499d8ab0-4d37-43f0-8a70-f7c0cc0333ae

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2015-11-30T07:32:46

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/helipenguins

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
1999-10-07T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2018-08-20

Metadata standard

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

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