A 9000-year record of Adélie penguin occupation and diet in the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: EMSLIE, STEVEN D., WOEHLER, ERIC J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2005
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Windmill Islands; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctic silverfish; Antarctica; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102005002427; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102005002427

We investigated 17 abandoned Adélie penguin ( Pygoscelis adeliae ) colonies in the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica, in summer 2002/03. Forty radiocarbon dates on penguin bones and eggshells from 13 of these sites indicate a near continuous occupation by breeding penguins in this region for over 90...