A continent-wide search for Antarctic petrel breeding sites with satellite remote sensing

• Published in: Remote Sensing of Environment
• Main Authors: Schwaller, Matthew R., Lynch, Heather J, Tarroux, Arnaud, Prehn, Brandon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic petrel; Flying seabirds; Landsat; Antarctica; Guano; Breeding colony; Thalassoica antarctica; VDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; VDP::Zoology and botany: 480; Antarctic; Biscoe; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Petrel; Antarktis*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2493911; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.02.071

The Antarctic petrel (Thalassoica antarctica) has been identified as a key species for monitoring the status and health of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic ecosystems. Breeding colonies of the Antarctic petrel are often found on isolated nunataks far from inhabited stations, some up to hundreds of k...