A long-term study of gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) population trends at a major Antarctic tourist site, Goudier Island, Port Lockroy

• Published in: Biodiversity and Conservation
• Main Authors: Dunn, Michael J., Forcada, Jaume, Jackson, Jennifer A., Waluda, Claire M., Nichol, Camilla, Trathan, Philip N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Lockroy; Port Lockroy; Goudier; Goudier Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Gentoo penguin; Pygoscelis papua; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518480/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518480/1/10.1007_s10531-018-1635-6.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-018-1635-6

Gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua breed at a number of sites at the West Antarctic Peninsula, including Goudier Island, Port Lockroy—the longest studied location for tourist-penguin interactions in the Antarctic. These penguins annually encounter some of the highest numbers of tourists in the whole o...