Brief description
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.The fields in this dataset are:
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Issued: 1999-10-07
Data time period: 1995-10-10 to 1998-02-12
text: northlimit=-60.0; southlimit=-90.0; westlimit=45.0; eastLimit=160.0; projection=WGS84
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
- global : 499d8ab0-4d37-43f0-8a70-f7c0cc0333ae
- DOI : 10.26179/5b7a225cdf4e5
- Local : helipenguins
- URI : https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/helipenguins
- URI : https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/helipenguins