[Parameters: Topic='BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION', Term='ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES']
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Census data using aerial photographs on the number of breeding Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) at colonies in the Ross Sea Region
Entry ID:
K122_1981_2012_NZ_1
Summary
Abstract:
Data are of numbers of breeding pairs of Adelie penguins(Pygoscelis adeliae)in the Ross Sea region colonies counted from aerial photographs. Photographs were taken from either a helicopter or from a C-130 Hercules. Photos were printed, populations counted, catalogued and filed. Since 2004, digital photography was used and in 2011 semi-automatic penguin counting software was developed to speed up ...
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1981-12-06
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
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ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
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BIRDS
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PENGUINS
BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > INDICATOR SPECIES 
BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS
BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POPULATION DYNAMICS
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Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Data Center
Personnel
Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Phone:
+64 3 358 0200
Fax:
+64 3 358 0211
Email:
s.gordon at antarcticanz.govt.nz
Contact Address:
Antarctica New Zealand
Private Bag 4745
City:
Christchurch
Country:
New Zealand
Publications/References
Ainley, D., Russell, J., Jenouvrier, S., Woehler, E., Lyver, Philip O’B., Fraser, W.R. and Kooyman, G.L. 2010. Antarctic penguin response to habitat change as Earth’s troposphere reaches 2°C above preindustrial levels. Ecological Monographs 80(1): 49-66.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2005-11-01
Last DIF Revision Date:
2012-06-15
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