Distribution and reproductive behavior of penguins on Ardley Island and their environmental impact factors

• Main Authors: Weiping, Sun, Minghong, Cai, Haiyan, Wang, Chuang, Xing, Bing, Lu, Peter, Hans-Ulrich, Froehlich, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2010
• Subjects: Fauna; Antarctic; Ardley; Ardley Island; Great Wall Station; Adelie penguin; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Chinstrap penguin; Polar Science; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2405/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2405/1/A2010-019.pdf

During the 2006/07 Antarctic summer, the species population, distribution and reproductive behavior of penguins in areas near the Great Wall Station were investigated. Five species of penguin were recorded: gentoopenguin(Pygoscelis papua), adelie penguin(P. adeliae), chinstrap penguin(P. antarctica)...