Fledging weights of Gentoo penguin chicks from a colony at Maiviken, South Georgia, from 2010 to 2020

• Main Authors: Hollyman, Philip, Trathan, Philip, Collins, Martin
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre 2021
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS","COMMUNITY DYNAMICS","INDICATOR SPECIES"; "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS","SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS","SPECIES LIFE HISTORY"; "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION","ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES","BIRDS","PENGUINS"; Gentoo penguin; Pygoscelis papua; South Georgia; fledging mass; Antarctic; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; Maiviken; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/1d773056-4798-4b0b-9e15-0e53fb8cefd4; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01286

The weights of fledging Gentoo penguin chicks at Maiviken have been monitored since 2010. The colony at Maiviken, can have over 1000 breeding pairs. Each year, just before their departure from the colony, a sample of 50 fledgling birds are weighed as part of a long-term monitoring programme. These d...