Breeding success of Macaroni penguins at Bird Island, South Georgia, from 1982 to 2020

• Main Authors: Trathan, Philip, Waluda, Claire, Ratcliffe, Norman
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre 2021
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS"; "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION","ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES","BIRDS","PENGUINS"; "EARTH SCIENCE","CLIMATE INDICATORS","BIOSPHERIC INDICATORS","BREEDING PRODUCTIVITY"; Bird Island; Eudyptes chrysolophus; Macaroni penguin; breeding success; chick count; nest count; Antarctic; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; South Georgia; Goldcrest Point; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/1a266e7b-ef8d-4db7-8e7c-155be21d17cd; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00330

The breeding success (calculated from nest and chick counts) of Macaroni penguins is monitored annually at Bird Island, South Georgia. A transect is used to estimate the incubating nests and chicks hatched in the large colony at Goldcrest Point where counts have been made since 1976. The number of i...