Adélie Penguins relict colonies provide evidence of environmental and ecological changes in Victoria Land (Antarctica).

• Main Authors: BARONI, CARLO, SALVATORE, MARIA CRISTINA, LORENZINI S., LAMBERT D.
• Other Authors: Baroni, Carlo, Salvatore, MARIA CRISTINA, Lorenzini, S., Lambert, D.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Australian and New Zealand Geomorphology Group and International Association of Geomorphologists 2009
• Subjects: Adelie penguin; Last Glacial Maximum; Abandoned penguin colonie; ornithogenic soil; DNA sequence; environmental change; Antarctica; Antarctic; Guano; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/133845

During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), the Antarctic ice sheets expanded onto the continental shelf and thickened to several hundred meters above the present sea level in coastal areas. As a result, Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) were pushed out from their ancestral colonies and settled in ic...