A continent-wide search for Antarctic petrel breeding sites with satellite remote sensing

• Published in: Remote sensing of environment Vol. 210; pp. 444 - 451
• Main Authors: Schwaller, Mathew R., Lynch, Heather J., Tarroux, Arnaud, Prehn, Brandon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 01.06.2018; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Algorithms; Animal breeding; Antarctic petrel; Antarctic region; Antarctica; Birds; breeding; Breeding colony; Breeding of animals; Breeding sites; Colonies; Detection; Ecological monitoring; ecosystems; Flying seabirds; Guano; Landsat; Landsat satellites; Marine ecosystems; monitoring; Nunataks; Polls & surveys; Procellariidae; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Satellite imagery; Satellites; Shorelines; surveys; Thalassoica antarctica; Wildlife management; Southern Ocean; Antarctica; Antarctic region; Breeding colony; Landsat; Thalassoica antarctica; Antarctica; Guano; Antarctic petrel; Flying seabirds

The Antarctic petrel (Thalassoica antarctica) has been identified as a key species for monitoring the status and health of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic ecosystems. Breeding colonies of the Antarctic petrel are often found on isolated nunataks far from inhabited stations, some up to hundreds of k...