Changes in size of the Hope Bay Adélie penguin rookery as inferred from Lake Boeckella sediment

• Published in: Ecography
• Main Author: Zale, Rolf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1994
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1994.tb00106.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-0587.1994.tb00106.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1994.tb00106.x

Concentrations of phosphorus and copper in the sediments of Lake Boeckella (Antarctic peninsula) were used to provide an estimate of the size of the Adélie penguin rookery Pygocetis adeliae Based on dated subsamples from a sediment core, I conclude that penguins have been present in Hope Bay since 5...