The same pathway to the Weddell Sea birdlife, after 65 years: similarities in the species composition, richness and abundances

• Main Authors: Orgeira, José Luis, Alvarez, Facundo, Salvó, Constanza Sofía
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Masaryk Univerzity 2022
• Subjects: Birdlife; Placopsis antarctica; ice cover; Antarctic petrel; Filchner ice shelf; warming; Arctic; Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Austral; Weddell; Nivea; Filchner Ice Shelf; Irizar; Antarc*; Antarctic Petrel; Antarctica; Aptenodytes forsteri; Arctic tern; Ice Shelf; Icebreaker; Snow Petrel; Sterna paradisaea; Thalassoica antarctica
• Online Access: https://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/20744

As part of a multi-year study of top predators in Antarctica, we conducted a seabird shipbased survey on board Almirante Irizar icebreaker in the Weddell Sea to the Filchner Ice Shelf in the austral summer 2020. We carried out 10-minute counts along 1843 km during 125 hours of observation. We analyz...