Stable isotopes reveal Holocene changes in the diet of Adélie penguins in Northern Victoria Land (Ross Sea, Antarctica)

• Published in: Oecologia
• Main Authors: Sandra Lorenzini, Carlo Baroni, Anthony E. Fallick, Ilaria Baneschi, Giovanni Zanchetta, Luigi Dallai, SALVATORE, Maria Cristina
• Other Authors: Sandra, Lorenzini, Carlo, Baroni, Fallick, Anthony E., Ilaria, Baneschi, Salvatore, Maria Cristina, Giovanni, Zanchetta, Dallai, Luigi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag Germany:Tiergartenstrasse 17, D 69121 Heidelberg Germany:011 49 6221 3450, EMAIL: [e-mail], INTERNET: http://www.springer.de, Fax: [phone] 2010
• Subjects: adélie penguin; holocene; paleodiet; stable isotopes; Guano; Ross Sea; Terra Nova Bay; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Pygoscelis adeliae; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11573/38615; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-010-1790-2; http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=000284271900007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=0c7ff228ccbaaa74236f48834a34396a; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78449233758&partnerID=65&md5=67229def8649aa43c87c308379405aca

Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) modern and fossil eggshells and guano samples collected from ornithogenic soils in Terra Nova Bay (Victoria Land, Ross Sea) were processed for carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios with the aim of detecting past penguin dietary changes. A detailed and greatly expand...