Climate change effects on Antarctic penguins

Abstract

Barbosa, A. (2011). Climate change effects on Antarctic penguins. Ecosistemas 20(1):33-41

The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the places in the planet where more and faster the temperatures are increasing producing environmental changes due to the climate change. Some examples of these changes are the decresase in the sea-ice extent, the reduction of algae production, and then the reduction of the abundance of krill. As a consequence of these changes, penguin populations have suffered a decline, specially chinstrap and adelie species. The present paper address the consequences of the climate change in the Antarctic penguins emphasizing the results obtained within the PINGUCLIM project which studies such effects in the penguin physiology though hostparasite interaction.