Abundance estimation of Adélie penguins at the Esperanza/Hope Bay mega colony

• Main Authors: Santos, María Mercedes, Hinke, Jefferson T., Coria, Néstor Rubén, Fusaro, Bruno, Silvestro, Anahí Mariel, Juáres, Mariana Alejandra
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biología; Ciencias Naturales; Pygoscelis adeliae; Breeding population size; Population decline; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctic; Esperanza; Hope Bay; Scotia Sea; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/146074

The Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) breeding population at Esperanza/Hope Bay, at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, is one of the largest Adélie penguin colonies in Antarctica. Nevertheless, the last known published feld count during the egg-laying period is from 1985/1986. We counted breeding...