Royal penguin Eudyptes schlegeli census, Macquarie Island, 1984

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published on 10 October 2018
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Description

Census of Royal Penguins breeding on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. </br> This dataset contains the results from surveys of Royal Penguins (Eudyptes schegeli) on Macquarie Island. The surveys were conducted between May 1984 and January 1985. The total number of Royal penguins breeding on Macquarie Island is estimated at 848,719 pairs (+/-10.5%). The sizes and locations of all 57 colonies are given. The results are listed in the documentation.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Copson, G.R., Rounsevell, D.E. (1986) The abundance of royal penguins ( Eudyptes schlegeli , Finsch) breeding at Macquarie Island. ANARE Research Notes 41. 11 pp

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

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Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

External data

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Online dataset http://iobis.org/explore/#/dataset/1494 UTF-8 HTML
Online dataset http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/103151494 UTF-8 HTML
Dataset information https://www1.data.antarctica.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/display_collection.cfm?collection_id=133 UTF-8 HTML
Metadata http://www.vliz.be/imis/iobis/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=3410 UTF-8 HTML

Contacts

Australian Antarctic Division Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AAD)
OBIS Secretariat
  • Metadata Provider
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
BE
Ben Raymond
  • Point Of Contact
Australian Antarctic Division (AAD)
AU
Dave Watts
  • Point Of Contact
Australian Antarctic Division; Australian Antarctic Data Centre
AU

Geographic Coverage

IS, South Pacific - http://marineregions.org/mrgid/1903

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196034

Family Spheniscidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1984-05-01 / 1985-01-31

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Alternative Identifiers http://ipt.iobis.org/obis/resource?id=imis_dasid_3410