Magellanic penguin mortality in 2008 along the SW Atlantic coast

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: Garcia Borboroglu, Jorge Pablo, Boersma, P. Dee, Ruoppolo, Valeria, Pinho da Silva Filho, Rodolfo, Adornes Corrado, Andrea, Conte Sena, Daniella, Velozo, Raquel, Myiaji-Kolesnikovas, Cristiane, Dutra, Gustavo, Maracini, Pryscilla, Carvalho-do-Nascimento, Cláudia, Ramos-Júnior, Valdir, Barbosa, Lupércio, Serra, Sheila
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EXTREME MIGRATION; HIGH MORTALITY; MAGELLANIC PENGUIN; OIL POLLUTION; SW ATLANTIC; Ecología; Ciencias Biológicas; CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS; Argentina; Dee; Gustavo; Pablo; Patagonia; Ramos; Sheila; Uruguay; Orca
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/93525

Magellanic penguins migrate from Patagonia reaching northern Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil on their winter migration, in parallel with the seasonal pulse of anchovy spawning. In 2008, Magellanic penguins went further north than usual. Many died and a few swam nearly to the Equator. Twelve...