Project information
Project aim
To breed successfully the winter-breeding emperor penguins must fatten on two ocassions: once before the onset of moult in January, and again prior to the commencement of the new breeding season in March. Interference with the capacity of the penguins to fatten in summer might be detrimental to the their breeding performance and survival later on in winter. This study seeks to determine the likely impact of commercial fishing on emperor penguin colonies at the Mawson Coast.
Related publications
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Contrasting phylogeographic pattern among Eudyptes penguins around the Southern Ocean Scientific Reports 8, 2018
(Ref: 16284)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Long-term trends in the population size and breeding success of emperor penguins at the Taylor Glacier colony, Antarctica. Polar Biology, 2014
(Ref: 15154)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
The population size of emperor penguins at the land-based Taylor Glacier colony was monitored over 54 years from 1957 to 2010 by intermittent ground counts from 1957 to 1975 and annual photographic counts from 1988 to 2010 of males attending the colony in winter and chicks in early summer.
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How do weather conditions affect the huddling behaviour
of emperor penguins? Polar Biology, 2008
(Ref: 15186)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Huddling behavior in emperor penguins: Dynamics of huddling Physiology & Behavior, 2006
(Ref: 13065)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Although huddling was shown to be the key by which emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) save energy and sustain their breeding fast … during the Antarctic winter, the intricacies of this social behavior have been poorly studied.
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Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri). Penguins: Natural History and Conservation, 2013
(Ref: 15058)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature