Brief description
This dataset contains data on the habitats, distribution and numbers of Adelie Penguins (Pygoscellis adeliae) in the Mawson area, Antarctica during 1981 and 1988. The data are obtained from aerial photographs obtained at various times, during the 1981-82 and 1988-89 seasons. The results are listed in the documentation. Comparisons are made with census data collected in the 1971-72 summer.Data from this record has been incorporated into a larger Adelie penguin dataset described by the metadata record - Annual population counts at selected Adelie Penguin colonies within the AAT (SOE_seabird_candidate_sp_AP). It also falls under ASAC project 1219 (ASAC_1219).
Issued: 1999-10-07
Data time period: 1982-01-14 to 1988-12-20
text: northlimit=-67.0; southlimit=-68.0; westlimit=62.0; eastLimit=63.0; projection=WGS84
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- Local : ASAC_1219_AAT_APen_M
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