Foraging habitat and food intake of satellite-tracked king penguins during the austral summer at Crozet Archipelago

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 150, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 21-33

  Bost, C A ^a   Georges, J Y ^a   Guinet, C ^a   Cherel, Y ^a   Putz K ^b   Charrassin, J B ^a   Handrich, Y ^a   Zorn, T ^a   Lage, J ^a   Le Maho, Y ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotelemetry; Foraging; Frontal zones; King penguins; Mesopelagic fishes; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; KING PENGUIN; KING PENGUINS; OCEANIC FRONT; OCEANIC FRONTS; SATELLITE TELEMETRY;

INDIAN OCEAN, CROZET ARCHIPELAGO;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; ELECTRONA CARLSBERGI; KREFFTICHTHYS ANDERSSONI; PROTOMYCTOPHUM TENISONI;

EID: 0030618988     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps150021     Document Type: Article

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