Properties of eco-colonies

The 6th International Workshop on the Physics ofCompressible Turbulent Mixing

Sdrka VavredkovS,

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来源: CEUR

【 摘 要 】

The West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is home to large breeding colonies of the ice-dependent Antarctic Ad茅lie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae). Although the entire inner continental shelf is highly productive, with abundant phytoplankton and krill populations, penguin colonies are distributed heterogeneously along the WAP. This ecological conundrum targets a long-standing question of interest: what environmental factors structure the locations of Ad茅lie penguin "hot spots" throughout the WAP?