Short Note: Increase in feeding by the tick, Ixodes uriae , on Adélie penguins during a prolonged summer

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Benoit, Joshua B., Lopez-Martinez, Giancarlo, Elnitsky, Michael A., Lee, Richard E., Denlinger, David L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2008
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Gauthier; Mangin; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102008001685; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102008001685

Ixodes uriae White is the only tick species found in Antarctica, and in our research area at Palmer Station it feeds predominantly on Adélie penguins. At the beginning of the summer the ticks leave their off-host aggregation sites, feed on penguins, then subsequently return to their off-host habitat...