Discovery of the first Emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri colony in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Emperor Penguins Aptenodytes forsteri have been reported to breed at a total of 45 colonies surrounding the Antarctic Continent (Woehler 1993, Mellick & Bremers 1995, Coria & Montalti 2000, Todd et al. 2004). Their known breeding distribution extends from the Antarctic Peninsula at Snow Hill...
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ftunivtasmania:oai:eprints.utas.edu.au:9807 2023-05-15T13:36:47+02:00 Discovery of the first Emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri colony in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica Lea, M-A Soper, T 2005 application/pdf https://eprints.utas.edu.au/9807/ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/9807/1/Lea_Soper_Mar_Ornithology_2005.pdf http://www.marineornithology.org/index.html en eng https://eprints.utas.edu.au/9807/1/Lea_Soper_Mar_Ornithology_2005.pdf Lea, M-A and Soper, T 2005 , 'Discovery of the first Emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri colony in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica' , Marine Ornithology, vol. 33 , pp. 59-60 . cc_utas Article PeerReviewed 2005 ftunivtasmania 2020-05-30T07:23:30Z Emperor Penguins Aptenodytes forsteri have been reported to breed at a total of 45 colonies surrounding the Antarctic Continent (Woehler 1993, Mellick & Bremers 1995, Coria & Montalti 2000, Todd et al. 2004). Their known breeding distribution extends from the Antarctic Peninsula at Snow Hill Island (64°31′S, 57°27′W) eastwards along the coasts of Dronning Maud Land, Enderby Land, Mac. Robertson Land and Wilkes Land to Cape Crozier on Ross Island (77°31′S, 169°23′E). Sightings of Emperor Penguins in rarely-visited Marie Byrd Land have been reported, although no colonies have ever been recorded in the sector between the Dion Islands (67°52′S, 68°43′W) in Marguerite Bay on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula and the Ross Sea (Woehler 1993). Because of the persistence of sea ice late into summer in this sector, few ships are able to reach the coast before post-breeding adults disperse from their colonies in December and early January. Since 1993, one of the few vessels to explore this section of coast has been the Russian icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov, carrying commercial tourists. Previous sightings of numerous adult Emperor Penguins on ice floes off the Getz Ice Shelf east of Siple Island in January 2003 (F.S. Todd pers. comm.), and of discoloured ice and penguin feathers close to the same ice shelf in late January 2000 (M.A. Hindell pers. comm.), suggested the possibility of an unrecorded breeding colony in the region. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Aptenodytes forsteri Dion Islands Dronning Maud Land Emperor penguins Enderby Land Getz Ice Shelf Ice Shelf Mac Robertson Land Mac. Robertson Land Marie Byrd Land Ross Island Ross Sea Sea ice Siple Island Snow Hill Island Wilkes Land University of Tasmania: UTas ePrints Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Ross Sea Dronning Maud Land Ross Island Byrd Wilkes Land ENVELOPE(120.000,120.000,-69.000,-69.000) Marguerite ENVELOPE(141.378,141.378,-66.787,-66.787) Siple ENVELOPE(-83.917,-83.917,-75.917,-75.917) Marie Byrd Land ENVELOPE(-130.000,-130.000,-78.000,-78.000) Todd ENVELOPE(-85.933,-85.933,-78.050,-78.050) Marguerite Bay ENVELOPE(-68.000,-68.000,-68.500,-68.500) Getz ENVELOPE(-145.217,-145.217,-76.550,-76.550) Crozier ENVELOPE(169.400,169.400,-77.517,-77.517) Hill Island ENVELOPE(76.070,76.070,-69.395,-69.395) Snow Hill Island ENVELOPE(-57.183,-57.183,-64.466,-64.466) Getz Ice Shelf ENVELOPE(-126.500,-126.500,-74.250,-74.250) Dion ENVELOPE(-68.702,-68.702,-67.875,-67.875) Mac. Robertson Land ENVELOPE(65.000,65.000,-70.000,-70.000) Cape Crozier ENVELOPE(169.400,169.400,-77.517,-77.517) Coria ENVELOPE(-61.883,-61.883,-64.017,-64.017) Dion Islands ENVELOPE(-68.717,-68.717,-67.867,-67.867) Siple Island ENVELOPE(-125.200,-125.200,-73.733,-73.733) Snow Hill ENVELOPE(-57.183,-57.183,-64.466,-64.466) |
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Emperor Penguins Aptenodytes forsteri have been reported to breed at a total of 45 colonies surrounding the Antarctic Continent (Woehler 1993, Mellick & Bremers 1995, Coria & Montalti 2000, Todd et al. 2004). Their known breeding distribution extends from the Antarctic Peninsula at Snow Hill Island (64°31′S, 57°27′W) eastwards along the coasts of Dronning Maud Land, Enderby Land, Mac. Robertson Land and Wilkes Land to Cape Crozier on Ross Island (77°31′S, 169°23′E). Sightings of Emperor Penguins in rarely-visited Marie Byrd Land have been reported, although no colonies have ever been recorded in the sector between the Dion Islands (67°52′S, 68°43′W) in Marguerite Bay on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula and the Ross Sea (Woehler 1993). Because of the persistence of sea ice late into summer in this sector, few ships are able to reach the coast before post-breeding adults disperse from their colonies in December and early January. Since 1993, one of the few vessels to explore this section of coast has been the Russian icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov, carrying commercial tourists. Previous sightings of numerous adult Emperor Penguins on ice floes off the Getz Ice Shelf east of Siple Island in January 2003 (F.S. Todd pers. comm.), and of discoloured ice and penguin feathers close to the same ice shelf in late January 2000 (M.A. Hindell pers. comm.), suggested the possibility of an unrecorded breeding colony in the region. |
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Discovery of the first Emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri colony in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica |
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Discovery of the first Emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri colony in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica |
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Discovery of the first Emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri colony in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica |
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Discovery of the first Emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri colony in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica |
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Discovery of the first Emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri colony in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica |
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discovery of the first emperor penguin aptenodytes forsteri colony in marie byrd land, antarctica |
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https://eprints.utas.edu.au/9807/ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/9807/1/Lea_Soper_Mar_Ornithology_2005.pdf http://www.marineornithology.org/index.html |
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ENVELOPE(120.000,120.000,-69.000,-69.000) ENVELOPE(141.378,141.378,-66.787,-66.787) ENVELOPE(-83.917,-83.917,-75.917,-75.917) ENVELOPE(-130.000,-130.000,-78.000,-78.000) ENVELOPE(-85.933,-85.933,-78.050,-78.050) ENVELOPE(-68.000,-68.000,-68.500,-68.500) ENVELOPE(-145.217,-145.217,-76.550,-76.550) ENVELOPE(169.400,169.400,-77.517,-77.517) ENVELOPE(76.070,76.070,-69.395,-69.395) ENVELOPE(-57.183,-57.183,-64.466,-64.466) ENVELOPE(-126.500,-126.500,-74.250,-74.250) ENVELOPE(-68.702,-68.702,-67.875,-67.875) ENVELOPE(65.000,65.000,-70.000,-70.000) ENVELOPE(169.400,169.400,-77.517,-77.517) ENVELOPE(-61.883,-61.883,-64.017,-64.017) ENVELOPE(-68.717,-68.717,-67.867,-67.867) ENVELOPE(-125.200,-125.200,-73.733,-73.733) ENVELOPE(-57.183,-57.183,-64.466,-64.466) |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Ross Sea Dronning Maud Land Ross Island Byrd Wilkes Land Marguerite Siple Marie Byrd Land Todd Marguerite Bay Getz Crozier Hill Island Snow Hill Island Getz Ice Shelf Dion Mac. Robertson Land Cape Crozier Coria Dion Islands Siple Island Snow Hill |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Ross Sea Dronning Maud Land Ross Island Byrd Wilkes Land Marguerite Siple Marie Byrd Land Todd Marguerite Bay Getz Crozier Hill Island Snow Hill Island Getz Ice Shelf Dion Mac. Robertson Land Cape Crozier Coria Dion Islands Siple Island Snow Hill |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Aptenodytes forsteri Dion Islands Dronning Maud Land Emperor penguins Enderby Land Getz Ice Shelf Ice Shelf Mac Robertson Land Mac. Robertson Land Marie Byrd Land Ross Island Ross Sea Sea ice Siple Island Snow Hill Island Wilkes Land |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Aptenodytes forsteri Dion Islands Dronning Maud Land Emperor penguins Enderby Land Getz Ice Shelf Ice Shelf Mac Robertson Land Mac. Robertson Land Marie Byrd Land Ross Island Ross Sea Sea ice Siple Island Snow Hill Island Wilkes Land |
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https://eprints.utas.edu.au/9807/1/Lea_Soper_Mar_Ornithology_2005.pdf Lea, M-A and Soper, T 2005 , 'Discovery of the first Emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri colony in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica' , Marine Ornithology, vol. 33 , pp. 59-60 . |
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