Interannual variation in the diet of the antarctic prion Pachyptila desolata at South Georgia

Emu

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 126-132

  Reid, Keith ^a   Croxall, John P ^a   Edwards, Tracy M ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PRION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; KRILL;

ANTARCTICA; BIRD ISLAND; SOUTH GEORGIA;

CALANOIDES ACUTUS; CEPHALOPODA; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MYCTOPHIDAE; PACHYPTILA DESOLATA; RHINCALANUS GIGAS;

EID: 0031426218     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU97016     Document Type: Article

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