Foraging space of emperor penguins Aptenodytes forsteri in Antarctic shelf waters in winter

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 159, Issue , 1997, Pages 249-263

  Wienecke, Barbara C ^a   Robertson, Graham ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic winter; Emperor penguin; Foraging area; Pack ice; Prey occurrence

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIVING; EMPEROR PENGUIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR;

ANTARCTIA;

APTENODYTES FORSTERI; CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCIFORMES; TRITIUM;

EID: 0031590557     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps159249     Document Type: Article

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