Sites within the Integrated Study Regions at which
monitoring of predators has been or should be initiated now.
|
Site |
Species |
Critical Period |
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1. antarctic peninsula region |
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Anvers Island (Palmer Archipelago) |
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(south coast) |
Adélie penguin |
November–January |
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Livingston Island (S. Shetland Is) |
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(north coast) |
Chinstrap penguin |
November–February |
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Gentoo penguin |
November–February |
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|
Antarctic fur seal |
December–March |
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King George Island (S. Shetland Is) |
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(north ? and south coasts) |
Adélie penguin |
October–January |
|
(north and south coasts) |
Chinstrap penguin |
November–February |
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Gentoo penguin |
November–February |
|
(north coast) |
Antarctic fur seal |
December–March |
|
Elephant Island (S. Shetland Is) |
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(west coast) |
Chinstrap penguin |
November–February |
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Gentoo penguin |
November–February |
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Macaroni penguin |
December–February |
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|
Cape petrel |
December–February |
|
Seal Island (S. Shetland Is) |
Chinstrap penguin |
November–February |
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Macaroni penguin |
December–February |
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Antarctic fur seal |
December–March |
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Cape petrel |
December–February |
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Sea-ice areas |
Crabeater seal* |
January–December |
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2. south georgia region |
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Bird Island |
Fur seal |
December–March |
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|
Macaroni penguin |
December–February |
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Gentoo penguin |
October–February |
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Black–browed albatross |
October–April |
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3. prydz bay region |
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Mac. Robertson Land |
Adélie penguin |
October–January |
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Antarctic petrel |
November–February |
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Sea-ice areas |
Crabeater seal* |
January–December |
* Species for which standard methods have not yet been developed.
Network sites selected or suggested for monitoring studies to complement the
programs in the three main Integrated Study Regions.
|
Species |
Sites |
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Adélie penguin |
Northwestern Ross Sea (Cape Hallett and Cape Adare) |
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Budd Coast* |
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Edmonson Point ? |
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Ross Island ? |
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Ongul Islands (near Syowa Station) |
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Shepard Island* |
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Signy Island, South Orkney Islands |
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Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands |
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Chinstrap penguin |
Signy Island, South Orkney Islands |
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South Sandwich Islands* |
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Bouvet Island |
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Gentoo penguin |
Signy Island, South Orkney Islands |
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Marion Island |
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Macaroni penguin |
Bouvet Island |
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Kerguelen Island* |
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Marion Island |
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Antarctic petrel |
Svarthamaren (Queen Maud Land)* |
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Cape petrel |
Signy Island, South Orkney Islands |
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Bouvet Island |
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Rauer Islands (near Davis Station) |
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Elephant Island (South Shetland Islands) |
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Antarctic fur seal |
Bouvet Island |
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Kerguelen Island |
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Crabeater seal |
Weddell Sea* |
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Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas* |
* Suggested sites