Geochemical evidence for rapid enlargement of a gentoo penguin colony on Barton Peninsula in the maritime Antarctic

Antarctic Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-16

  Zhu, Renbin ^a   Sun, Liguang ^a   Yin, Xuebin ^a   Xie, Zhouqing ^a   Liu, Xiaodong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; King George Island; Penguin guano; Pygoscelis papua

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; WORLD;

PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 15244353688     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102005002373     Document Type: Article

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