Palmer LTER: Relationships between variability in sea-ice coverage, krill recruitment, and the foraging ecology of Adélie penguins.

Assesses the relationships between variability in sea-ice coverage, krill recruitment and the foraging ecology of Adélie penguins in the Antarctic Peninsula. Factors affecting the changes in the populations of souther ocean upper trophic level predators; Impact of ice-cycle on the survival of the penguins; Analysis of the interactions between the physical and biological components of the marine environment.