Adélie penguins and temperature changes in Antarctica: A long-term view

During the summer months, Adélie penguins represent the dominant biomass of terrestrial Antarctica. Literally millions of individuals nest in ice-free areas around the coast of the continent. Hence, these modern populations of Adélie penguins have often been championed as an ideal biological indicat...

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Published in:Integrative Zoology
Main Authors: Millar, C D, Subramanian, Sankar, Heupink, T H, Swaminathan, S, Baroni, C, Lambert, D M
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2012
Subjects:
FoR 0608 (Zoology)
Adélie penguins
climate change
global warming
penguin evolution
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-4877.2012.00288.x
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Summary:During the summer months, Adélie penguins represent the dominant biomass of terrestrial Antarctica. Literally millions of individuals nest in ice-free areas around the coast of the continent. Hence, these modern populations of Adélie penguins have often been championed as an ideal biological indicator of ecological and environmental changes that we currently face. In addition, Adélie penguins show an extraordinary record of sub-fossil remains, dating back to the late Pleistocene. At this time, temperatures were much lower than now. Hence, this species offers unique long-term information, at both the genomic and ecological levels, about how a species has responded to climate change over more than 40 000 years. © 2012 ISZS, Blackwell Publishing and IOZ/CAS.

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