Seabird Diversity Along a Latitudinal Gradient Within the Drake Passage

• Main Author: Sheets, Alec
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Cape Horn; Drake Passage; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://library.osu.edu/ojs/index.php/juros/article/view/5627

Though seabirds constitute only a small portion of all bird species, they are indicators for the health of the marine habitats on which they rely. This is especially true of the seabirds that inhabit the Southern Ocean and Antarctic Peninsula. The study of indicator species such as these makes it fe...