DOI:10.1017/S0954102007000065 Effects of giant icebergs on two emperor penguin colonies in the

• Main Authors: Ross Sea Antarctica, Gerald L. Kooyman, David G. Ainley, Grant Ballard, Paul J. Ponganis
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Aptenodytes forsteri; Beaufort Island; B15A; Cape Crozier; Ross Ice Shelf; Antarctic; Crozier; Ross Island; Ross Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.390.5128; http://www.prbo.org/cms/docs/terre/KooymanEtAl2007.pdf

subsequently had dramatic affects on two emperor penguin colonies. B15A collided with the north-west tongue of the Ross Ice Shelf at Cape Crozier, Ross Island, in the following months and destroyed the penguins ’ nesting habitat. The colony totally failed in 2001, and years after, with the icebergs...