The Adélie Penguin: Bellwether of Climate Change

by David G. Ainley and David Ainley

The Ad lie penguin is one of the best-studied birds in the world and is the subject of research programs from a dozen nations interested in monitoring changes in the environment and the food webs of the Southern Ocean. This species' population has been changing dramatically over the past few decades coincident with a general warming of the maritime portion of Antarctica. When the sea-ice is seen to decline so does the population of Ad lie penguins...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023112306X
• ISBN13: 9780231123068
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.9"