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Personal/Research Website
Position
Associate Professor
Affiliation
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Department
Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering
Research Interests
Daniel Zitterbart uses remote sensing methods to study ocean ecosystem health and penguin population dyanmics. Emperor and Adelie penguin colonies serve as model systems. His research addresses to assess the health of penguin colonies and their associated foraging grounds by using collective behavior as a proxy. He operates the SPOT penguin observatory in Atka Bay, Antarctica.
Antarctic Research Location(s)
Other
Other Antarctic Research Location(s)
Atka Bay, Terre Adelie
Research Keywords
ecosystem, penguins, remote sensing
NSF Antarctic Program
Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems
SCAR Science Group Affiliation
Life Sciences Group