Abundance and breeding distribution of seabirds in the northern part of the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Gonzalez Zevallos, Diego Ricardo, Santos, Maria Mercedes, Rombola, Emilce Florencia, Juares, Mariana Alejandra, Coria, Néstor R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley
• Subjects: SEABIRD ABUNDANCES; BREEDING DISTRIBUTION; DANCO COAST; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentino; Argentina; Giganteus; Gonzalez; Ricardo; Danco; Chionis; Danco Coast; Coria; Antarc*; Antarctica; Cape Petrel; Chinstrap penguin; Daption capense; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Gentoo penguin; Giant Petrel; Instituto Antártico Argentino; Macronectes giganteus; Polar Research; Pygoscelis antarctica; Pygoscelis papua; Snowy Sheathbill; Stercorarius maccormicki; Sterna vittata
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/7773

Seabird abundances and breeding distribution have the potential to serve as ecological indicators. The western Antarctic Peninsula is one of the three sites in the world with the greatest increases in local temperature during the last 50 years. The aim of this study was to monitor the distribution a...