Report on Sea Ice and Penguin Study (SIPENS) by JARE-37~41

• Main Authors: Yasuhiko Naito, Yutaka Watanuki, Yoshinori Miyamoto, Akiko Kato, Hideo Ichikawa, Nobuaki Arai, Jun Nishikawa, Katsufumi Sato, Maki Kuroki, Akinori Takahashi, Yoshinari Endo, Satoshi Iwami, Hideki Numanami
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 2002
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Syowa Station; Antarc*; Pygoscelis adeliae; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00009231; https://doaj.org/article/cd3fd952758d4218b4b58d8dfc3c277a

As part of Southern Ocean GLOBEC (Global Ocean Ecosystem and Dynamics) sponsored by the Scientific Committee on Ocean Research and cosponsored by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, the research program of Sea Ice and Penguin Study (SEPENS) had been conducted at Syowa Station area. The program was promoted from 1995/6 to 1999/2000 season as one of the 5 years-core projects of Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) aiming to understand how Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) respond to change of ice condition through their foraging and breeding behavior as indicator species of marine ecosystem changes. During 5 years season we surveyed the sea ice condition, diving and trip pattern and nest attendance pattern of penguins.