Penguin Monitoring in Antarctic Peninsula, South Orkney Islands and South Shetland Islands

A special long-term research program, the CCAMLR Ecosystem
Monitoring Program (EMM), has been adopted by the Scientific Committee
of CCAMLR (SC-CAMLR). The aim of this program is to detect and record
significant changes in critical components of the ecosystem, using
these data as a basis for the conservation of Antarctic marine living
resources. The program is coordinated by the Scientific Committee and
carried out as part of the national program of CCMLR members
(Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Japan, Korea, New Zealand United
Kingdom, United States) and it involves monitoring studies on
land-based colonies of several species of marine birds and
seals.Argentina carried out this program in three different colonies
of Adelia Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, located in Potter Peninsula
(Isla 25 de Mayo, South Shetland Islands), Mossman Peninsula (Laurie
Island, South Orkney) y Bah?a Esperanza (Antarctic Peninsula). In this
way, Argentina has data on two extensive areas where krill fishing is
important.Moreover the diet of different flying birds which were
identified as senitives species to changes in the Antarctic Ecosystem
is being study.