Satellite Tracking of Adelie Penguin Foraging Near Mawson Station, 1991-2004

ASAC project 2205 produced this dataset of Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) movements from Bechervaise Island near Mawson Station, Antarctica. It contains satellite-derived foraging locations collected between 1991 and 2004. The work was completed in support of the CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Project.

Use Cases

• Model penguin foraging ranges and habitat use based on satellite-derived location data.
• Study the impact of environmental changes on Antarctic predator behavior over a 13-year period.
• Analyze movement patterns to support ecosystem monitoring for the CCAMLR project.
• Validate or compare with more recent penguin tracking data from subsequent projects.

Strengths

• Covers a 13-year time range from 1991 to 2004.
• Data is explicitly linked to a formal research project (ASAC_2205) and a monitoring program (CCAMLR).

Limitations

• Last updated 2004-03 31 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

AU_AADC

Collection Method

Satellite tracking (telemetry) of Adelie penguins.

Time Range

1991 to 2004

Freshness

Last updated 2004-03-31 23:59:59.999000.

Geography

Bechervaise Island near Mawson Station, Antarctica