Aerial photography based census of Adélie Penguin and its application in CH4 and N2O budget estimation in Victoria Land, Antarctic

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: He, Hong, Cheng, Xiao, Li, Xianglan, Zhu, Renbin, Hui, Fengming, Wu, Wenhui, Zhao, Tiancheng, Kang, Jing, Tang, Jianwu
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
• Subjects: Article; Antarctic; Guano; Inexpressible Island; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Pygoscelis adeliae; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5636812/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29021539; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13380-6

Penguin guano provides favorable conditions for production and emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Many studies have been conducted to determine the GHG fluxes from penguin colonies, however, at regional scale, there is still no accurate estimation of total GHG emissions. We used object-based image...