Monitoring of a Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus population on the Frazier Islands, Wilkes Land, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Jeroen C S Creuwels Ae, Jonathan S Stark, Eric J Woehler Ae, Jan A Van Franeker, Christine A Ribic
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Frazier; Frazier Islands; Giganteus; Nelly Island; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Giant Petrel; Giant Petrels; Macronectes giganteus
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1045.3453; http://www.creuwels.nl/old/Download/Creuwels_PolarBiol2005.pdf

Abstract Since 1956, Southern Giant Petrels on the Frazier Islands, East Antarctica, have been counted with different census techniques, sometimes varying within seasons and among islands, which hindered analysis of the data. Protective measures for the islands from 1986 onwards have increased the n...