AQ188
Beaufort Island


References

ASPA No. 105 Beaufort Island, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea: Management Plan (2010).

Barber-Meyer, S.M., Kooyman, G.L. & Ponganis, P.J. 2007. Estimating the relative abundance of Emperor Penguins at inaccessible colonies using satellite imagery. Polar Biology 30: 1565-1570.

Barber-Meyer, S.M., Kooyman, G.L. & Ponganis, P.J. 2008. Trends in western Ross Sea Emperor Penguin chick abundances and their relationships to climate. Antarctic Science 20(1): 3-11. doi:10.1017/S0954102007000673

Fretwell, P.T., LaRue, M.A., Morin P., Kooyman, G.L., Wienecke, B., Ratcliffe, N., Fox, A.J., Fleming, A.H., Porter, C. & Trathan, P.N. 2012. An Emperor Penguin population estimate: the first global, synoptic survey of a species from space. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33751. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033751

Kooyman, G.L., Ainley, D.G., Ballard, G. & Ponganis, P.J. 2007. Effects of giant icebergs on two Emperor Penguin colonies in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 19: 31-38.

Lyver, P.O'B., Barron, M., Barton, K.J., Ainley, D.G., Pollard, A., Gordon, S., McNeill, S., Ballard, G. & Wilson, P.R. 2014. Trends in the breeding population of Adélie Penguins in the Ross Sea, 1981–2012: a coincidence of climate and resource extraction effects. PLoS ONE 9(3): e91188. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091188


Further resources

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Beaufort Island (Antarctica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/beaufort-island-iba-antarctica on 22/11/2024.