Population status of the Antarctic shag Phalacrocorax ( atriceps ) bransfieldensis

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Schrimpf, Michael, Naveen, Ron, Lynch, Heather J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2018
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Blue Eyed Shag; Phalacrocorax atriceps
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102017000530; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102017000530

Abstract Antarctic shags Phalacrocorax ( atriceps ) bransfieldensis are the southernmost cormorants in the world and assessment of their conservation status has been complicated by the logistical challenges of obtaining regular estimates of population size, as well as by taxonomic ambiguity of the b...