Small-scale interactions between prions Pachyptila spp. and their zooplankton prey at an inshore site near Bird Island, South Georgia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 154, Issue , 1997, Pages 41-51

  Goss, Catherine ^a   Bone, Douglas G ^a   Peck, Julie M ^a   Everson, Inigo ^a   Hunt Jr , George L ^b   Murray, Alistair W A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic marine inshore; Predation; Sampling; Seabirds; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; PREY ABUNDANCE; PRION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA; BIRD ISLAND; SOUTH GEORGIA;

AVES; COPEPODA; GADUS MORHUA; PACHYPTILA;

EID: 0030762547     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps154041     Document Type: Article

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