Critical Habitat of Emperor Penguins Breeding in the Western Ross Sea

西罗斯海帝企鹅繁殖的关键栖息地

• 批准号: 9615390
• 负责人: Gerald Kooyman
• 金额: $ 8.36万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego Scripps Inst of Oceanography
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-05-15 至 1999-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9615390&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Critical; Habitat; Emperor; Penguins; Breeding

9615390 KOOYMAN The emperor penguin is one of seventeen species of penguins and the only one to breed during the extreme Antarctic winter, when temperatures can drop to below -50 degrees centigrade and winds can reach 300 kilometers per hour. The total number of emperor penguins is unknown because new colonies are still begin discovered. Current population estimates range from 135,000 to 175,000 breeding pairs, living at about 40 sites on the sea-ice margin of Antarctica. Seven of these colonies are in the Ross Sea, where Gerald Kooyman has been studying the physiology and ecology of emperor penguins since the early 1960's. This project will focus on data analysis and synthesis from this long term study. Work will focus on physiological adapations pertinent to hypotheses on habitat exploitation and on ecological aspects of breeding and foraging and habitat selection. A major goal of the project is the completion of a monograph on emperor penguins at Cape Washington, Coulman Island and Cape Roger. This project will produce synthetic work which will provide new insights into the role of emperor penguins in the Antarctic ecosystem.

9615390 KOOYMAN帝企鹅是17种企鹅中的一种，也是唯一一种在南极极端冬季繁殖的企鹅，当时气温可以降到零下50摄氏度，风速可以达到每小时300公里。帝企鹅的总数是未知的，因为新的殖民地仍在开始被发现。目前的种群估计在135，000到175，000对之间，生活在南极洲海冰边缘的大约40个地点。其中七个殖民地位于罗斯海，自20世纪60年代初以来，Gerald Kooyman一直在研究帝企鹅的生理和生态。本项目将侧重于数据分析和综合从这个长期的研究。工作将集中在生理适应有关的假设栖息地开发和生态方面的繁殖和觅食和栖息地选择。该项目的一个主要目标是完成一本关于华盛顿角、库尔曼岛和罗杰角的帝企鹅的专著。该项目将产生综合工作，为帝企鹅在南极生态系统中的作用提供新的见解。