Two recent massive breeding failures in an Adélie penguin colony call for the creation of a marine protected area in D'Urville Sea/Mertz

• Main Authors: Y Ropert-Coudert, A Kato, K Shiomi, C Barbraud, F Angelier, K Delord, T Poupart, P Koubbi, T Raclot
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Ecology not elsewhere classified; Oceanography not elsewhere classified; Environmental management not elsewhere classified; eco-indicating species; Sea ice; breeding; foraging; marine protected areas; seabirds; extreme events; School of Life and Environmental Sciences; 3103 Ecology; 3109 Zoology; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Terre Adélie; Terre-Adélie; Mertz Glacier; D'Urville Sea; Pétrels; Ile des Pétrels; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30119984; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Two_recent_massive_breeding_failures_in_an_Ad_lie_penguin_colony_call_for_the_creation_of_a_marine_protected_area_in_D_Urville_Sea_Mertz/20794489

In the d'Urville Sea in East Antarctica, a population of roughly 20,000 pairs of Adélie penguins of Iles des Pétrels (Terre Adélie) has experienced two massive breeding failures, with no chick surviving the 2013-14 and 2016-17 breeding seasons. In both seasons the extent of sea ice in front of...