Adélie penguins colonization history and paleodiet trends document Holocene environmental changes in Victoria Land (Antarctica)

• Main Authors: BARONI, CARLO, SALVATORE, MARIA CRISTINA, LORENZINI S., OLMASTRONI S.
• Other Authors: Cooper A., Raymond C. and the 10th ISAES Editorial Team, Baroni, Carlo, Lorenzini, S., Salvatore, MARIA CRISTINA, Olmastroni, S.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES 2007
• Subjects: Adélie Penguin; Paleodiet; colonization history; environmental change; Victoria Land; Antarctica; Ross Sea; Scott Coast; Terra Nova Bay; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/114938; https://doi.org/10.3133/of2007-1047; http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1047/

The identification of several abandoned penguin colonies on Victoria Land coastal areas and more than 200 radiocarbon dates provide a ≈7200-yr spanning Adélie penguin history (> 8000 yr BP considering calibrated dates). These data also supply information about Holocene environmental changes, esp...