Extreme ecological response of a seabird community to unprecedented sea ice cover

• Published in: Royal Society Open Science
• Main Authors: Barbraud, C., Delord, K., Weimerskirch, H.
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: penguins; breeding; Antarctic; skuas; petrels; sea ice; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; East Antarctica; Dumont d'Urville; Dumont-d'Urville; D'Urville Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic Skuas; Antarctica; Dumont D'Urville Sea; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01304693; https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140456

International audience Climate change has been predicted to reduce Antarctic sea ice but, instead, sea ice surrounding Antarctica has expanded over the past 30 years, albeit with contrasted regional changes. Here we report a recent extreme event in sea ice conditions in East Antarctica and investiga...