Individual and population level dispersal of Black-browed albatrosses Diomedea melanophris and Grey-headed Albatrosses D. chrysostoma in response to Antarctic Krill

Ardea

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-134

  Veit, Richard R ^a,b   Prince, Peter A ^c  

^a Box 351800 ^*  (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diomedea chrysostoma; Diomedea melanophris; Dispersal; Euphausia superba; Foraging; Krill; South Georgia

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC KRILL; BIRDS; BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS; BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSSES; DIET; FOOD ABUNDANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; GREY-HEADED ALBATROSS; GREY-HEADED ALBATROSSES; KRILL SWARMS;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH GEORGIA;

DIOMEDEA CHRYSOSTOMA; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRYS; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 0030800437     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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