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Census Data of Colonial Penguins in Antarctica from 1977 to 2015 (NCEI Accession 0185113)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: October 13, 2025 | Last Modified: 2019-03-08T00:00:00.000+00:00
Census data were collected from two penguin monitoring sites in the Antarctic peninsula region between 1977 and 2015 using traditional census methods. Seabirds observed in this study are Adélie (Pygoscelis adeliae), chinstrap (P. antarctica), and gentoo (P. papua) penguins. The two study sites are the US AMLR Program sites at Cape Shirreff (Livingston Island) and Copacabana (King George Island) Antarctica.

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0185113 biological data visual observation in situ NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center Antarctic Marine Living Resources (AMLR) South Atlantic Ocean Southern Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC > Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce CCAMLR > Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION AMLR Chinstrap penguins Gentoo penguins Pygoscelis adelie penguins census ecosystem monitoring penguins VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN Admiralty Bay Antarctic Bransfield Strait Antarctic Cape Shirreff Antarctic Copacabana Antarctic King George Island, Antarctic Livingston Island, Antarctic South Shetland Islands, Antarctic XR9CXM

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describedByType application/octet-steam
identifier gov.noaa.nodc:0185113
issued 2019-03-08T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language []
references 
[
  "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/55433",
  "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/55435",
  "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/55436",
  "https://www.ccamlr.org/en/science/ccamlr-ecosystem-monitoring-program-cemp"
]
rights otherRestrictions
spatial 180.0,-90.0,-180.0,-60.0
temporal 1977-10-01T00:00:00+00:00/2015-03-30T00:00:00+00:00

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