Abandoned penguin colonies and environmental change in the Palmer Station area, Anvers Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctic Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-268

  Emslie, Steven D ^a   Fraser, William ^b   Smith, Raymond C ^c   Walker, William ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandoned colonies; Adelie penguins; Climate change; Palaeodiet; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

COLONY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PALEOECOLOGY; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; ANVERS ISLAND; PALMER STATION;

CEPHALOPODA; ELECTRONA ANTARCTICA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; LIA; PLEURAGRAMMA ANTARCTICUM; POLARIBACTER; PSYCHROTEUTHIS GLACIALIS; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICA; PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0031724688     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102098000352     Document Type: Article

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