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Breeding habitats of emperor penguins in the western Ross Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2004

Gerald L. Kooyman
Gerald L. Kooyman
Affiliation:
Physiological Research Laboratory, Scholander Hall 0204, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Abstract

Within the Western Ross Sea, there are six emperor penguin colonies of widely different size that occur exclusively on sea ice. In 1990 a survey of all six sites, two by close overflights and four from the ground, showed that the breeding habitats were highly variable. The most important physical characteristics of these habitats appear to be stable fast ice, nearby open water, access to fresh snow, and shelter from the wind.

Keywords

Aptenodytes forsteriCapes CrozierRogetWashington; BeaufortCoulmanFranklin Islands
Type
Papers—Life Sciences and Oceanography
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 143 - 148
Copyright
© Antarctic Science Ltd 1993

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