Letting Penguins Lead: Dynamic Modeling of Penguin Locations Guides Autonomous Robotic Sampling

• Main Authors: William Fraser, Mark A. Moline, Matthew J. Oliver, Ian Robbins, Donna Patterson, Oscar Schofield
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Oceanography Society 2012
• Subjects: Antarctica; penguins; West Antarctic Peninsula; sea ice loss; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Anvers; Anvers Island; Antarc*; Pygoscelis adeliae; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/08c94e35ba7f40ae8a078320e12ff72e

The southwest coast of Anvers Island harbors one of five major populations of Adélie penguins in the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP; Fraser and Trivelpiece, 1996). This "hotspot" is colocated with a submarine canyon that provides a conduit for warm, nutrient-rich Upper Circumpolar Deep Wate...