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Foraging zones of Macaroni Penguins breeding at Heard Island

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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With a population of about 2 million pairs macaroni penguins are the most abundant penguin in the HIMI region. These birds feed on mesopelagic fish and, to a lesser extent, mackerel icefish. Despite their great abundance and comparatively proximate links in the food chain to the toothfish fishery, virtually nothing is known about the foraging ecology of macaroni penguins at HIMI. This will identify which regions of the ocean Macaroni penguins use as foraging areas, and in combination with diet studies quantify the potential for competition with fisheries operations in the HIMI region. The data are stored in a csv excel file. The fields in this dataset are: Latitude Longitude Date Direction Range Speed Bearing

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Title Foraging zones of Macaroni Penguins breeding at Heard Island
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ccabec8f-a09f-4aa2-be56-f74f929e4b97
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 17/12/2000 - 11/03/2001
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        72.948,
        -53.739
      ],
      [
        82.158,
        -53.739
      ],
      [
        82.158,
        -52.169
      ],
      [
        72.948,
        -52.169
      ],
      [
        72.948,
        -53.739
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Foraging zones of Macaroni Penguins breeding at Heard Island". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/foraging-zones-of-macaroni-penguins-breeding-at-heard-island