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A systematic survey of breeding Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) along the Mawson and Kemp Land coasts, East Antarctica: new colonies and population counts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2009

David Wilson ,
Rhonda Pike ,
Darren Southwell  and
Colin Southwell
David Wilson*
Affiliation:
Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, TAS 7050, Australia
Rhonda Pike
Affiliation:
Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, TAS 7050, Australia
Darren Southwell
Affiliation:
Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, TAS 7050, Australia
Colin Southwell
Affiliation:
Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, TAS 7050, Australia
*
*david.wilson@aad.gov.au
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Antarctic Science , Volume 21 , Issue 6 , December 2009 , pp. 591 - 592
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2009

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