The over-winter movements of a chinstrap penguin ( Pygoscelis antarctica )

Abstract A single chinstrap penguin ( Pygoscelis antarctica ), which had moulted at the South Shetland Islands, was subsequently tracked during 120 days at sea in the austral winter using a global location system (geolocation) based on light intensity. The bird moved east along the Scotia Ridge to a...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Wilson, Rory P., Culik, Boris M., Kosiorek, Piotr, Adelung, Dieter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1998
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Austral
Sandwich Islands
South Sandwich Islands
South Shetland Islands
Antarc*
Antarctica
Chinstrap penguin
Polar Record
Pygoscelis antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400015242
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400015242
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Summary:Abstract A single chinstrap penguin ( Pygoscelis antarctica ), which had moulted at the South Shetland Islands, was subsequently tracked during 120 days at sea in the austral winter using a global location system (geolocation) based on light intensity. The bird moved east along the Scotia Ridge to a point approximately 300 km west of the South Sandwich Islands and approximately 1600 km away from the colony in which it had moulted. It spent more than 60% of its time in open water north of the edge of the pack ice.

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