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Detecting Antarctic breeding flying seabird colonies with satellite remote sensing: opportunities and limitations

Lynch, H.J., Schwaller, M., L. Emmerson, K. Blackwell, C. Southwell. 2026. Detecting Antarctic breeding flying seabird colonies with satellite remote sensing: opportunities and limitations. Polar Biology 49: 28.

Demographic rates of Adélie penguins from Approximate Bayesian Computation and time-lapse cameras

Flynn, C.M, I. Juarez, T. Hart, and H.J. Lynch. 2026. Demographic state space models parameterized by time series and camera traps. Ecological Modelling 514:111448.

Revisiting “Penguins in the anthropause: Covid-19 closures drive gentoo penguin movement among breeding colonies”

Flynn, C.M, M. Wethington, M. Hilton, G.V. Clucas, T. Hart, G.R.W. Humphries, C. Nichol, and H.J. Lynch. 2026. Revisiting ‘Penguins in the anthropause: COVID-19 closures drive gentoo penguin movement among breeding colonies. Biological Conservation 315: 111715.

Record phenological responses to climate change in three sympatric penguin species

Martinez, I.J., A. Kacelnik, F.M. Jones, J. Hinke, M.J. Dunn, A. Raya Rey, H.J. Lynch, K. Owen, and T. Hart. 2026. Record phenological responses to climate change in three sympatric penguin species. Journal of Animal Ecology 95: 455-469. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.70201.

Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at-sea anthropogenic threats

VanCompernolle, M., ..., H.J. Lynch, ... et al. 2025. Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at-sea anthropogenic threats. Conservation Biology e70147.

Determining the net influence of biological processes on aqueous hydroxide-based ocean alkalinity enhancement: a mesocosm approach

Fucich, D., H.J. Lynch, C. Shaw, M.D. Eisaman, and M.C. Ringham. 2025. Determining the net influence of biological processes on aqueous hydroxide-based ocean alkalinity enhancement: a mesocosm approach. Frontiers in Climate doi: 10.3389/fclim.2025.1652680.

Temporal and spatial equivalence in demographic responses of emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) to environmental change

Sen, B., C. Che-Castaldo, M.A. LaRue, K.M. Krumhardt, L. Landrum, M.M. Holland, H.J. Lynch, C. Barbraud, and S. Jenouvrier. Temporal and spatial equivalence in demographic responses of emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) to environmental change. 2025. In press at Journal of Animal Ecology.

Pygoscelis penguins prefer different oceanographic and terrestrial habitats during the austral summer

Gallagher, K., R. Herman, K. Walton, M.S. Dinniman, and H.J. Lynch. 2025. Pygoscelis penguins prefer different oceanographic and terrestrial habitats during the austral summer. Ecosphere 16:e70091.

Predicting pack-ice seal occupancy of ice floes along the Western Antarctic Peninsula

Wethington, M.J., B. Sen, and H.J. Lynch. 2024. Predicting pack-ice seal occupancy of ice floes along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. PLoS ONE 19(12): e0311747.

Advances and shortfalls in knowledge of Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity

Pertierra, L.R., P. Convey, A. Barbosa, E. M. Biersma, D. Cowan, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, A. de los Ríos, P. Escribano-Álvarez, C. I. Fraser, D. Fontaneto, M. Greve, H. J. Griffiths, M. Harris, K. A. Hughes, H. J. Lynch, R. J. Ladle, X. P. Liu, P. C. le Roux, R. Majewska, M. A. Molina-Montenegro, L. S. Peck, A. Quesada, C. Ronquillo, Y. Ropert-Coudert, L. G. Sancho, A. Terauds, G. Varliero, J. A. Vianna, A. Wilmotte, S. L. Chown, M. Á. Olalla-Tárraga, and J. Hortal. 2025. Frozen but lively: ecological research advances and key knowledge gaps in terrestrial and freshwater Antarctic biodiversity science. Science 387: 609-615.