Royal penguin Eudyptes schlegeli census and observations at North Head, Macquarie Island 1952/53
Citation
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (2022). Royal penguin Eudyptes schlegeli census and observations at North Head, Macquarie Island 1952/53. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/3oelhj accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.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.Sampling Description
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North Head, Macquarie Island.
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originatorAustralian Antarctic Data Centre
metadata author
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
distributor
Atlas of Living Australia
CSIRO Ecosystems Services
Canberra
2601
ACT
AU
email: info@ala.org.au
Dave Connell
administrative point of contact
position: Data Manager
email: Dave.Connell@aad.gov.au