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Short Note: Unusual breeding site for kelp gulls on Deception Island, Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Elisa de Souza Petersen*
Affiliation:
INCT-APA Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia Antártico de Pesquisas Ambientais Universidade de São Paulo, Laboratório de Química Inorgânica Marinha, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, 05508120, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Fernanda Caminha Leal Valls
Affiliation:
INCT-APA Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia Antártico de Pesquisas Ambientais Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Laboratório de Ornitologia e Animais Marinhos, Av. Unisinos, 950, 93022000, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Gustavo Francisco Aver
Affiliation:
INCT-APA Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia Antártico de Pesquisas Ambientais Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Laboratório de Ornitologia e Animais Marinhos, Av. Unisinos, 950, 93022000, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Maria Virginia Petry
Affiliation:
INCT-APA Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia Antártico de Pesquisas Ambientais Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Laboratório de Ornitologia e Animais Marinhos, Av. Unisinos, 950, 93022000, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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Type
Biological Sciences
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© Antarctic Science Ltd 2015 

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