Objectives, Accomplishments and Tentative Conclusions Edited by

• Main Author: Jane Martin
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; The Antarctic; Adelie penguin; Antarc*; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.461.2424; http://pal.lternet.edu/docs/bibliography/Public/179lterc.pdf

Objectives: Palmer Station is one of two sites on the Antarctic Peninsula where long-term monitoring of seabird populations is undertaken in support of U.S. participation in the CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP). Our objectives during 1998/99, the twelfth season of field work at Palmer Station on Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), were: 1) To determine Adelie penguin breeding population size, 2) To determine Adelie penguin breeding success, 3) To obtain information on Adelie penguin diet composition and meal size, 4) To determine Adelie penguin chick weights at fledging, 5) To determine adult Adelie penguin foraging trip durations, 6) To band 1000 Adelie penguin chicks for future demographic studies, and 7) To determine Adelie penguin breeding chronology.