Brief description
GPS surveys of Adelie Penguin colonies in the Robinson Group, Antarctica were carried out by field biologists from the Australian Antarctic Division during the 2005/06 and 2006/07 seasons. In 2005/06 point data were collected representing the presence or absence of colonies on the islands. The data were collected by Matt Low and Lisa Meyer. In 2006/07 polygon data were collected representing the colonies on the islands. The data were collected by Matt Low and Rhonda Pike. The biologists were working on a project led by Dr Colin Southwell of the Australian Antarctic Division.Full description
Point of truth URL of this metadata record - Point of truth URL of this metadata recordDownload Adelie Penguin colonies at the Robinson Group: shapefile created from GPS data collected during the 2006/07 season - Download Adelie Penguin colonies at the Robinson Group: shapefile created from GPS data collected during the 2006/07 season
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Subjects
AMD |
AMD-AU |
Adelie Penguin |
CEOS |
CONTINENT - ANTARCTICA - Robinson Group |
DMR - GPS Bistatic Radar Delay Mapping Receiver |
EARTH SCIENCE - BIOSPHERE - TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS - ISLANDS |
FIELD INVESTIGATION |
FIELD SURVEYS |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION - POLAR |
GIS |
GPS |
GPS - Global Positioning System |
GPS RECEIVERS |
Robinson Group |
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Identifiers
- URI : http://data.gov.au/dataset/6d844662-9d3d-42c2-9492-40ae15f78dcc
- Local : aad-robinson-adelie-colonies