A first assessment of marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for penguins in Subarea 48.1 (Antarctic Peninsula, and South Shetland Islands) and Subarea 48.2 (South Orkney Islands)

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Numéro du document:

WG-EMM-16/20

Auteur(s):

K. Lorenz, C. Harris, B. Lascelles, M. Dias and P. Trathan

Soumis par:

Chris Darby

Approuvé par:

Chris Darby

Point(s) de l'ordre du jour

WG-EMM-16 - 2.3.3 - Ecosystem interactions: predators

Résumé

First attempt to systematically identify marine IBAs in the Antarctic
Assessed all available penguin tracking data for Subarea 48.1 (Antarctic Peninsula, and South Shetland Islands) and Subarea 48.2 (South Orkney Islands)
Developed new protocols for determining candidate IBAs based on penguin tracking data
Identified 6 candidate marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs)
Outlines future work for developing a more complete IBA network