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Impact of ocean temperatures on the breeding ecology and phenology of rockhopper penguins.

The aim of this study is to investigate how environmental variability (measured as SST) across several years affects the condition of the same individual females and their timing of egg laying as well as their reproductive investment.I expect to find such effects as SST should affect the prey availability in general (through the availability of nutrients)and the timing of the peak in prey availability in special.As SST are expected to increase in the course of climate change, my study could help to understand the effects and identify successful strategies to adapt to environmental changes.
Date:1 Oct 2013 →  30 Sep 2014
Keywords:REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR, CLIMATE CHANGING
Disciplines:Ecology, Environmental science and management, Other environmental sciences