The rise and fall of an ancient Adelie penguin 'supercolony' at Cape Adare, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Emslie, Steve, Mckenzie, Ashley, Patterson, William
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2020
• Subjects: Stable Isotopes; Adelie Penguin; Population Movement; Sea Level Rise; Biology; Biosphere; Cryosphere; Antarctica; East Antarctica; Ross Sea; US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC); Antarctic; Adare; Cape Adare; Scott Coast; Ridley Beach; Ridley; Adelie penguin; Antarc*; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/601327

Abstract: We report new discoveries and radiocarbon dates on active and abandoned Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colonies at Cape Adare, Antarctica. This colony, first established at approximately 2000 BP (calendar years before present, i.e. 1950), is currently the largest for this species with...