Census data using aerial photographs on the number of breeding Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) at colonies in the Ross Sea Region

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Title: Census data using aerial photographs on the number of breeding Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) at colonies in the Ross Sea Region

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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 the counting and validation process. Ross Island colonies were censused annually, colonies along the Victoria Land coast were censused as logistics allowed. Data collection started in 1981 in response to a proposed krill fishery and is ongoing. The aim was to locate all Adelie penguin colonies in the Ross Sea Region, and to count the numbers breeding at each from aerial photographs. The work attempts to relate annual changes in numbers of penguins breeding and their breeding success to weather, sea ice and other climate parameters in order to distinguish between responses due to natural events and those induced by commercial exploitation (such as fishing) or human disasters. A total of 39 colonies were found in the Ross Sea. The work is ongoing. In 2011/2012 Antarctica New Zealand assumed responsibility for the on-going Adelie penguin census research. The data and archieves are kept at Landcare, Christchurch. Ross Island colonies are censused annually by helicopter and the Vicotria Land Coast every five years if logistics allow.

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REFERENCE: Wilson, P.R. Ainley, D.G. Nur, N. Jacobs, S.S. Barton, K.J. Ballard, G. Comisco, J.C. (2001). Adélie penguin population change in the Pacific sector of Antarctica: relation to sea-ice extent and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Marine Ecology Progress Series 213: 301-30.

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REFERENCE: Blackburn, N., Taylor, R.H. and Wilson, P.R. (1991). An interpretation of the growth of the Adelie penguin rookery at Cape Royds, 1955-1990. NZ Journal of Ecology 15: 117-121.

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REFERENCE: Taylor, R.H. and Wilson, P.R. (1991). Recent increase and southern expansion of Adelie penguin populations in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, related to climatic warming. NZ Journal of Ecology 13: 25-29.

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REFERENCE: Taylor, R.H., Wilson, P.R. and Thomas, B.W. (1990). Status and trends of Adelie penguin populations in the Ross Sea region. Polar Record 26: 293-304.

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REFERENCE: Wilson, G.J., Taylor, R.H. And Barton, K.J. (1990). The impact of man on Adelie penguins at Cape Hallett, Antarctica. Ecological change and the conservation of Antarctic ecosystems. Pp 183-190 in K.R. Kerry and G. Hempel (Eds), Ecological change in conservation. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

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REFERENCE: Wilson, P.R. And Thomas, B.W. (1988). Penguin photographic survey from first RNZAF C-130 dedicated science flight. NZ Antarctic Record 8(2): 11-13.

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REFERENCE: Wilson, P.R. (1987). Aerial surveys of Ross Dependency Adelie penguin colonies. NZ Antarctic Record 7(3): 59.

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REFERENCE: Wilson, G.J. And Taylor, R.J. (1984). Distribution and abundance of penguins in the Ross Sea sector of Antarctica. NZ Antarctic Record 6(1): 1-7.

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REFERENCE: Taylor, R.H. And Wilson, P.R. (1982). Counting penguins from the air. Antarctic 9(10): 366-368.

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REFERENCE: Ainley, D.G. Ribic, C.A. Ballard, G. Heath, S. Gaffney, I. Karl, B.J. Barton, K.J. Wilson, P.R. Webb, S. 2004 Geographic structure of Adelie penguin populations: overlap in colony-specific foraging areas. Ecological monographs 74(1): 159-178

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REFERENCE: Wilson, G.J. (comp) 1983 ISAS New Zealand expedition to Cape Hallett, northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. New Zealand Antarctic record 4(3): 12

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REFERENCE: Wilson, K.J. 1990 Fluctuations in populations of Adélie penguins at Cape Bird, Antarctica. Polar record 26(159): 305-308

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REFERENCE: Greenfield, L.G. Wilson, K.J. (1991). Adélie penguin colony estimations from aerial photography and ground counts. Polar record 27(161): 129-130.

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