Occurrence of Magellanic Penguins along the Northeast Brazilian Coast during 2008 Austral Winter

• Author(s): Silva, Renato Ramos da ; Pereira, Janini ; Tanajura, Clemente Augusto Souza ; Lentini, Carlos Alessandre Domingos ; Cirano, Mauro ; Boersma, P. Dee ; Rodrigues, Regina R.
• Date: 2014
• Origin: Oasisbr
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English

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During the austral winter of 2008, thousands of penguins traveled to low latitudes along the South Atlantic coast of South America. The atmospheric and oceanic conditions from April to July 2008 may account for the penguins' unusual geographic distribution. During that period, South Atlantic coastal waters were cooler; the wind anomalies had northward and onshore components; the ocean's coastal region presented northward currents that favored the penguins to travel toward lower latitudes. This anomalous climate regime resulted from extreme meteorological frontal systems that occurred mainly during June 2008. Three consecutive extreme midlatitude cyclones produced strong wind shear that resulted in the northward oceanic flow along the South American eastern shoreline favoring the penguins to be spotted in northern tropical waters.