Little Penguin GPS Tracks from Storm Bay, Summer 2015/16

GPS tracks of little penguins (Eudyptula minor) tagged at three colonies around Storm Bay, Tasmania during the 2015/16 summer breeding season. This data was collected as part of an honours thesis submitted in 2016 and is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Model penguin foraging ranges and habitat use based on GPS trajectory data.
• Analyze seasonal movement patterns during the summer breeding season.
• Study inter-colony differences in at-sea behavior from three tagged colonies.
• Validate or supplement marine spatial planning with animal tracking data.

Strengths

• Data covers three distinct penguin colonies (Boronia Beach, Wedge Island, Bruny Island Neck).
• Tracks are collected during a specific biological period (summer breeding season).
• Data is associated with formal academic research (an honours thesis).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; last metadata update was 2026-07-22.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

At-sea GPS tracking of tagged penguins.

Time Range

Summer 2015/16 breeding season

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-22 02:59:58.729698; freshness should be verified

Geography

Storm Bay, Tasmania, Australia (Boronia Beach, Wedge Island, Bruny Island Neck)