The winter migration of Adélie penguins breeding in the Ross Sea sector of Antarctica

Satellite telemetry was used to monitor the migratory movements of a single Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) from Cape Hallett (72.31°S, 170.21°E) following the 1997/1998 breeding season. Locations were obtained using the ARGOS satellite system and compared with the migratory paths taken by two p...

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Published in:Polar Biology
Main Authors: Davis, L., Harcourt, R., Bradshaw, C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer-Verlag 2001
Subjects:
Balleny Islands
Cape Bird
Cape Hallett
Hallett
Ross Island
Ross Sea
Adelie penguin
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Biology
Pygoscelis adeliae
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2440/48182
https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000100256
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Summary:Satellite telemetry was used to monitor the migratory movements of a single Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) from Cape Hallett (72.31°S, 170.21°E) following the 1997/1998 breeding season. Locations were obtained using the ARGOS satellite system and compared with the migratory paths taken by two penguins from the Northern Colony at Cape Bird, Ross Island (77.22°S, 166.48°E) following the 1990/1991 breeding season. Although the sample sizes are small, if representative they would indicate that: (1) Adelie penguins breeding in the Ross Sea follow a common migratory path, (2) Adelie penguins breeding in the Ross Sea may travel to a common over-winter feeding ground west and north of the Balleny Islands, and (3) Adelie penguins breeding at 77°S on Ross Island travel nearly twice the distance during their over-winter migration as do those penguins breeding at Cape Hallett and colonies further north. While the Cape Hallett penguin was tracked successfully for 172 days, a record for Adelie penguins, the problem of long-term attachment of transmitters to penguins remains http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14084082

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