Short Note Increase in feeding by the tick, Ixodes uriae, on Adélie penguins during a prolonged summer

• Main Authors: Joshua B. Benoit, Giancarlo Lopez-martinez, Michael A. Elnitsky, Richard E. Lee, David L. Denlinger
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.506.5082; http://www.units.muohio.edu/cryolab/publications/documents/BenoitLopezetal_2009.pdf

Ixodes uriae White is the only tick species found in Antarctica, and in our research area at Palmer Station it feeds predominantly on Adélie penguins. At the beginning of the summer the ticks leave their off-host aggregation