Spatially integrated assessment reveals widespread changes in penguin populations on the Antarctic Peninsula

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1367-1377

  Lynch, Heather J ^a   Naveen, Ron ^b   Trathan, Philip N ^c   Fagan, William F ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCEANITES INC   (United States)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad lie Penguin; Antarctic peninsula; Chinstrap penguin; Chlorophyll a; Climate change; Gentoo penguin; Monitoring; Population trend; Pygoscelis spp.; Regional scale; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEA ICE; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION; SPHENISCIDAE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84862283853     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1588.1     Document Type: Article

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