Brief description
Observations of Royal Penguins at North Head, Macquarie Island were made to 2 purposes. First, general observations of the whole rookery, with counting birds, noting times of laying, hatching, changing of guard over the nests and habits of the penguins. Second, the detailed observation of marked nests for the determination of hatching periods, size of clutches and variations in the dimensions of the eggs.Census data from field report by Z Soucek (now deceased), lodged in the AAD archives.
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Subjects
AMD |
AMD/AU |
ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES |
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION |
BIRDS |
CEOS |
COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE |
EARTH SCIENCE |
EBA > Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic |
FIELD INVESTIGATION |
FIELD SURVEYS |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR |
OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM |
OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND |
PENGUINS |
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS |
census |
egg laying |
egg weights and dimensions |
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