Post-breeding dispersal of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) nesting at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Dunn, M. J., Silk, J.R.D., Trathan, P.N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2011
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Signy Island; South Orkney Islands; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Polar Biology; Pygoscelis adeliae; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/10836/; http://www.springerlink.com/content/78gpl230268354v6/fulltext.pdf

ARGOS satellite telemetry and Global Location Sensors (geolocators) were used to identify the moult locations and the winter foraging dispersal of Adélie penguins after they left their breeding colonies on Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. Animals were tracked during the period December 2004...