BREEDING HABITATS OF EMPEROR PENGUINS IN THE WESTERN ROSS SEA

Authors
KOOYMAN GL
Citation
Gl. Kooyman, BREEDING HABITATS OF EMPEROR PENGUINS IN THE WESTERN ROSS SEA, Antarctic science, 5(2), 1993, pp. 143-148
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Antarctic science → ACNP
ISSN journal
09541020
Volume
5
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
143 - 148
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-1020(1993)5:2<143:BHOEPI>2.0.ZU;2-N
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 su rvey of all six sites, two by close overflights and four from the grou nd, showed that the breeding habitats were highly variable. The most i mportant physical characteristics of these habitats appear to be stabl e fast ice, nearby open water, access to fresh snow, and shelter from the wind.