Snow petrel stomach-oil deposits as a new biological archive of Antarctic sea ice

Where snow petrels forage is predominantly a function of sea ice. They spit stomach oil in defence, and accumulated deposits at nesting sites are providing new opportunities to reconstruct their diet, and, in turn, the sea-ice environment over past millennia.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Past Global Changes Magazine
Main Authors: McClymont, Erin L., Bentley, M.J., Hodgson, D.A., Spencer-Jones, C.L., Wardley, T., West, M.D., Croudace, I.W., Berg, S., Grocke, D.R., Kuhn, G., Jamieson, S.S.R., Sime, L.C., Phillips, R.A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PAGES 2022
Subjects:
Antarctic
Antarc*
Sea ice
Snow Petrel
Snow Petrels
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533650/
https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533650/1/PAGESmagazine_2022-2_82-83.pdf
https://doi.org/10.22498/pages.30.2.82
Description
Summary:Where snow petrels forage is predominantly a function of sea ice. They spit stomach oil in defence, and accumulated deposits at nesting sites are providing new opportunities to reconstruct their diet, and, in turn, the sea-ice environment over past millennia.

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