MAPPPD (Mapping Application for Penguin Populations and Projected Dynamics) is an open access decision support tool created and curated by Oceanites, an NGO dedicated to counting penguins in Antarctica. It links directly to the Antarctic Penguin Biodiversity Project database and allows Antarctic enthusiasts and stakeholders to explore and download the most up-to-date publicly available penguin census records for the entirety of the white continent.
Who are we?
MAPPPD is the product of an international collaboration of Antarctic researchers collecting data to study how this fragile polar ecosystem is changing through time.
Dr Heather Lynch
Co-P.I. MAPPPD
Dr Christian Che-Castaldo
Co-P.I. MAPPPD
Dr Grant Humphries
Web master
Ron Naveen
Founder Oceanites
Antarctic Site Inventory partners
The Antarctic Site Inventory is an Oceanites led research program supported by partners from all over the world and collects census data for penguin populations throughout the Antarctic peninsula.
Penguin Watch
Black Bawks data science
The Lynch Lab
Oceanites
C3
Relevant publications
Since its launch in 2016, MAPPPD has been widely used by the scientific and management community to help drive specific conservation objectives. The following manuscripts are the more relevant papers to MAPPPD and its usage.
Che-Castaldo et al. 2017
Humphries et al. 2017
State of Antarctic Penguins
Contribute
Would you like to contribute to MAPPPD? Click the button to find out how you can be a penguin detective and help build and maintain the database.
Endorsements and funding
MAPPPD is proudly endorsed by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research and the Expert Group on Birds and Marine Mammals
