Abundance estimation of Adélie penguins at the Esperanza/Hope Bay mega colony

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Santos, Maria Mercedes, Hinke, Jefferson T., Coria, Néstor Rubén, Fusaro, Bruno, Silvestro, Anahí Mariel, Juares, Mariana Alejandra
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; BREEDING POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION DECLINE; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Scotia Sea; Argentino; Argentina; Esperanza; Hope Bay; Coria; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino; Polar Biology; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/81406

The Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) breeding population at Esperanza/Hope Bay, at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, is one of the largest Adélie penguin colonies in Antarctica. Nevertheless, the last known published field count during the egg-laying period is from 1985/1986. We counted breedin...