Foraging zones of royal penguins during the breeding season, and their association with oceanographic features

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 217-228

  Hull, Cindy L ^a   Hindell, Mark A ^a   Michael, Kelvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foraging; Polar frontal zone; Royal penguin; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SEASONS; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; FORAGING BEHAVIUR; FORAGING ZONE; ROYAL PENGUIN;

MACQUARIE ISLAND; PACIFIC;

AVES; EUDYPTES SCHLEGELI; GALLUS GALLUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0030803111     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps153217     Document Type: Article

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