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Surface impedance tomography for Antarctic sea ice. Deep-Sea Research II, 2011 (Ref: 14544)
Authors:
Sampson C.Golden K.M.Gully A.Worby A.P.
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Tipping back the balance: recolonization of the Macquarie Island isthmus by king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) following extermination for human gain Antarctic Science, 2009 (Ref: 13858)
Authors:
van den Hoff J.McMahon C.R.Field I.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when blubber oil fuelled house lamps, the king … penguin population at Macquarie Island was reduced from two very large (perhaps hundreds of thousands … of birds) colonies to about 3000 birds. One colony…

Ticks Associated with Macquarie Island Penguins Carry Arboviruses from Four Genera PLoS ONE, 2009 (Ref: 13598)
Authors:
Major L.Linn M.L.Slade R.W.Schroder W.A.Hyatt A.D.Gardner J.Cowley J.Suhrbier A.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Macquarie Island, a small subantarctic island, is home to rockhopper, royal and king penguins, which are often infested with the globally distributed seabird tick, Ixodes uriae. A flavivirus, an orbivirus, a phlebovirus, and a nairovirus were isolated from these ticks and partial sequences obtained.

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