A comparison of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba caught by nets and taken by macaroni penguins Eudyptes chrysolophus: Evidence for selection?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Hill, H J ^a   Trathan, P N ^a   Croxall, J P ^a   Watkins, J L ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic krill; Eudyptes chrysolophus; Euphausia superba; Macaroni penguin; Predation; Selection

Indexed keywords

EUDYPTES CHRYSOLOPHUS; EUPHASIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

ANTARCTIC KRILL; MACARONI PENGUIN; MATURITY STAGES; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; SIZE;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH GEORGIA, BIRD ISLAND;

EID: 0029664142     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps140001     Document Type: Article

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