Abundance and breeding distribution of seabirds in the northern part of the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula
Seabird abundances and breeding distribution have the potential to serve as ecological indicators. The western Antarctic Peninsula is one of the three sites in the world with the greatest increases in local temperature during the last 50 years. The aim of this study was to monitor the distribution a...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/3120 2024-09-09T19:10:16+00:00 Abundance and breeding distribution of seabirds in the northern part of the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula González-Zevallos, Diego Santos, M. Mercedes Rombolá, Emilce F. Juáres, Mariana A. Coria, Néstor R. 2013-02-28 application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip text/xml https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3120 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.11133 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3120/pdf_1 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3120/html https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3120/epub https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3120/xml https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3120 doi:10.3402/polar.v32i0.11133 Polar Research; Vol 32 (2013) 1751-8369 Seabird abundances breeding distribution Danco Coast Antarctic Peninsula info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2013 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.11133 2024-06-20T23:33:17Z Seabird abundances and breeding distribution have the potential to serve as ecological indicators. The western Antarctic Peninsula is one of the three sites in the world with the greatest increases in local temperature during the last 50 years. The aim of this study was to monitor the distribution and abundance of breeding populations of seabirds in the northern sector of the Danco Coast, north-west of the Antarctic Peninsula, during the breeding season 2010/11. The birds were the Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), South Polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki), kelp gull (Larus dominicanus), Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata), snowy sheathbill (Chionis alba), chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica), southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), Cape petrel (Daption capense) and Antarctic shag (Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis). Annual breeding population growth increased in pygoscelids, southern giant petrel and sheathbill, and for the remaining species, breeding population trends were stable. Given that seabird populations can provide valuable information on the conditions of their feeding and nesting environments, this study highlights the need to maintain basics monitoring studies.Keywords: Seabird abundances; breeding distribution; Danco Coast; Antarctic Peninsula(Published: 28 February 2013)Citation: Polar Research 2013, 32, 11133, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.11133 Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Cape Petrel Chinstrap penguin Daption capense Gentoo penguin Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus Polar Research Pygoscelis antarctica Pygoscelis papua Snowy Sheathbill Stercorarius maccormicki Sterna vittata Polar Research Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Giganteus ENVELOPE(62.500,62.500,-67.567,-67.567) Danco ENVELOPE(-61.033,-61.033,-64.717,-64.717) Chionis ENVELOPE(-60.633,-60.633,-63.883,-63.883) Danco Coast ENVELOPE(-62.000,-62.000,-64.700,-64.700) Polar Research 32 1 11133 |
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Seabird abundances breeding distribution Danco Coast Antarctic Peninsula González-Zevallos, Diego Santos, M. Mercedes Rombolá, Emilce F. Juáres, Mariana A. Coria, Néstor R. Abundance and breeding distribution of seabirds in the northern part of the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula |
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Seabird abundances and breeding distribution have the potential to serve as ecological indicators. The western Antarctic Peninsula is one of the three sites in the world with the greatest increases in local temperature during the last 50 years. The aim of this study was to monitor the distribution and abundance of breeding populations of seabirds in the northern sector of the Danco Coast, north-west of the Antarctic Peninsula, during the breeding season 2010/11. The birds were the Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), South Polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki), kelp gull (Larus dominicanus), Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata), snowy sheathbill (Chionis alba), chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica), southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), Cape petrel (Daption capense) and Antarctic shag (Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis). Annual breeding population growth increased in pygoscelids, southern giant petrel and sheathbill, and for the remaining species, breeding population trends were stable. Given that seabird populations can provide valuable information on the conditions of their feeding and nesting environments, this study highlights the need to maintain basics monitoring studies.Keywords: Seabird abundances; breeding distribution; Danco Coast; Antarctic Peninsula(Published: 28 February 2013)Citation: Polar Research 2013, 32, 11133, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.11133 |
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González-Zevallos, Diego Santos, M. Mercedes Rombolá, Emilce F. Juáres, Mariana A. Coria, Néstor R. |
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González-Zevallos, Diego Santos, M. Mercedes Rombolá, Emilce F. Juáres, Mariana A. Coria, Néstor R. |
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Abundance and breeding distribution of seabirds in the northern part of the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula |
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Abundance and breeding distribution of seabirds in the northern part of the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula |
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Abundance and breeding distribution of seabirds in the northern part of the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula |
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Abundance and breeding distribution of seabirds in the northern part of the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula |
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Abundance and breeding distribution of seabirds in the northern part of the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula |
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abundance and breeding distribution of seabirds in the northern part of the danco coast, antarctic peninsula |
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