Juvenile emperor penguin range calls for extended conservation measures in the Southern Ocean by Aymeric Houstin, Daniel P. Zitterbart, Karine Heerah, Olaf Eisen, Víctor Planas-Bielsa, Ben Fabry, Céline Le Bohec

“…By tracking eight juvenile emperor penguins in the Weddell Sea over 1 year and performing a meta-analysis including previously known data from other colonies, we show that conservation efforts in the Southern Ocean are insufficient for protecting this highly mobile species, and particularly its juveniles. …”
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Biologging of emperor penguins—Attachment techniques and associated deployment performance by Aymeric Houstin, Daniel P. Zitterbart, Alexander Winterl, Sebastian Richter, Víctor Planas-Bielsa, Damien Chevallier, André Ancel, Jérôme Fournier, Ben Fabry, Céline Le Bohec

“…We equipped adult emperor penguins for short-term (GPS, Time-Depth Recorder (TDR)) and long-term (i.e. planned for one year) deployments (ARGOS platforms, TDR), as well as juvenile emperor penguins for long-term deployments (ARGOS platforms) in the Weddell Sea area where they had not yet been studied. …”
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