Scale matters: sea ice and breeding success of Adélie penguins

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Barreau, Emmanuelle, Ropert‐coudert, Yan, Delord, Karine, Barbraud, Christophe, Kato, Akiko
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Pygoscelis adeliae; Time series; Sea-ice concentration; Spatial and temporal scales; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Southern Ocean; Pointe-Géologie; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02193358; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02531-2

International audience Southern Ocean ecosystems are extremely vulnerable to sea-ice changes occurring at different spatial and temporal scales. Variability in the sea-ice conditions strongly influence the survival and reproduction of animals that are synchronized with the seasonality of sea ice. Al...