Food of emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) in the western Ross Sea, Antarctica

Marine Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-344

  Cherel, Y ^a   Kooyman, G L ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; EMPEROR PENGUIN; STOMACH CONTENT;

ROSS SEA;

ABYSSORCHOMENE PLEBS; ABYSSORCHOMENE ROSSI; AMPHIPODA; APTENODYTES FORSTERI; EUPHAUSIA CRYSTALLOROPHIAS; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUSIRUS MICROPS; PLEURAGRAMMA ANTARCTICUM;

EID: 0031932812     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050253     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Ainley DG, DeMaster DP (1990) The upper trophic levels in polar marine ecosystems. In: Smith WO (ed) Polar oceanography. Part B. Academic Press, San Diego, pp 599-630
2. Ainley DG, Fraser WR, Smith WO, Hopkins TL, Torres JJ (1991) The structure of upper level pelagic food webs in the Antarctic: effect of phytoplankton distribution. J mar Syst 2: 111-122
3. Ainley DG, O'Connor EF, Boekelheide RJ (1984) The marine ecology of birds in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Orn Monogr 32: 1-97
4. Ancel A, Kooyman GL, Ponganis PJ, Gendner JP, Lignon J, Mestre X, Huin N, Thorson PH, Robisson P, Le Maho Y (1992) Foraging behaviour of emperor penguins as a resource detector in winter and summer. Nature, Lond 360: 336-338
5. Andres HG (1979) Gammaridea (Amphipoda, Crustacea) der Antarktisexpedition 1975/76. Auswertung der Dauerstation südlich von Elephant Island. Meeresforsch Rep mar Res 27 (Sonderbd): 88-102 (Ber dt wiss Kommn Meeresforsch)
6. Baker A de C, Boden BP, Brinton E (1990) A practical guide to the euphausiids of the world. Natural History Museum Publications, London
7. Bowman E (1973) Pelagic amphipods of the genus Hyperia and closely related genera (Hyperiidea: Hyperiidae). Smithson Contr Zool 136: 1-76
8. Castellini MA, Davis RW, Kooyman GL (1992) Annual cycles of diving behavior and ecology of the Weddell seal. Bull Scripps Instn Oceanogr (New Ser) 28: 1-54
9. Chappell MA, Shoemaker VH, Janes DN, Bucher TL, Maloney SK (1993) Diving behavior during foraging in breeding Adélie penguins. Ecology 74: 1204-1215
10. Cherel Y, Ridoux V (1992) Prey species and nutritive value of food fed during summer to king penguin Aptenodytes patagonica chicks at Possession Island, Crozet Archipelago. Ibis 134: 118-127
11. Clarke MR (1986) A handbook for the identification of cephalopod beaks. Clarendon Press, Oxford
12. Crescenti N, Costanzo G, Guglielmo L (1994) Developmental stages of Antarctomysis ohlinii Hansen. 1908 (Mysidacea) in Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea, Antarctica. J Crustacean Biol 14: 383-395
13. Eastman JT (1985) Pleuragramma antarcticum (Pisces, Nototheniidae) as food for other fishes in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Polar Biol 4: 155-160
14. Eastman JT (1993) Antarctic fish biology. Evolution in a unique environment. Academic Press, San Diego
15. Emison WB (1968) Feeding preferences of the Adelie penguin at Cape Crozier, Ross Island. Antarct Res Ser 12: 191-212
16. Gales NJ, Klages NTW, Williams R, Woehler EJ (1990) The diet of the emperor penguin. Aptenodytes forsteri, in Amanda Bay, Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. Antarctic Sci 2: 23-28
17. Gon O, Heemstra PC (1990) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown
18. Green K (1986) Food of the emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri on the Antarctic fast ice edge in late winter and early spring. Polar Biol 6: 187-188
19. Green K, Burton HR (1987) Seasonal and geographical variation in the food of Weddell seals. Leptonychotes weddellii, in Antarctica. Aust Wildl Res 14: 475-489
20. Hecht T, Hecht A (1987) A guide to the otoliths of Southern Ocean fishes. S Afr J antarct Res 17: 1-87
21. Hurley DE (1965) A common but hitherto undescribed species of Orchomenella (Crustacea Amphipoda: family Lysianassidae) from the Ross Sea. Trans R Soc NZ Zool 6: 107-113
22. Iwami T (1985) Osteology and relationships of the family Channichthyidae. Mem natn Inst polar Res, Tokyo E 36: 1-69
23. Kaufmann RS, Smith KL Jr, Baldwin RJ, Glatts RC, Robison BH, Reisenbichler KR (1995) Effects of seasonal pack ice on the distribution of macrozooplankton and micronekton in the northwestern Weddell Sea. Mar Biol 124: 387-397
24. Kirkwood R, Robertson G (1997) The foraging ecology of female emperor penguins in winter. Ecol Monogr 67: 155-176
25. Klages N (1989) Food and feeding ecology of emperor penguins in the eastern Weddell Sea. Polar Biol 9: 385-390
26. Kooyman GL (1993) Breeding habitats of emperor penguins in the western Ross Sea. Antarctic Sci 5: 143-148
27. Kooyman GL, Cherel Y, Le Maho Y, Croxall JP, Thorson PH, Ridoux V, Kooyman CA (1992) Diving behavior and energetics during foraging cycles in king penguins. Ecol Monogr 62: 143-463
28. Kooyman GL, Drabek CM, Elsner R, Campbell WB (1971) Diving behavior of the emperor penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri. Auk 88: 775-795
29. Kooyman GL, Kooyman TG (1995) Diving behavior of emperor penguins nurturing chicks at Coulman Island, Antarctica. Condor 97: 536-549
30. Kooyman GL, Mullins JL (1990) Ross Sea emperor penguin breeding populations estimated by aerial photography. In: Kerry KR, Hempel G (eds) Antarctic ecosystems. Ecological change and conservation. Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp 169-176
31. Kooyman GL, Ponganis PJ, Castellini MA, Ponganis E, Eckert S, Le Maho Y (1989) Physiology of diving in emperor penguins and Weddell seals. Antarctic J US 24: p. 204
32. Ledoyer M (1990) Mysidacea (Crustacea) de la Campagne "EPOS 3" en Mer de Weddell, Antarctique. Mésogée 50: 37-44
33. Lomakina NB (1966) The euphausiid fauna of the Antarctic and notal regions. In: Andriashev AP, Ushakov PV (eds) Biological reports of the soviet Antarctic expedition 1955-58. Israel Programme for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, pp 260-342
34. Lu CC, Williams R (1994) Contribution to the biology of squid in the Prydz Bay region, Antarctica. Antarctic Sci 6: 223-229
35. Mund MJ, Miller GD (1995) Diet of the south polar skua Catharacta maccormicki at Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica. Polar Biol 15: 453-455
36. Nagata K (1986) Amphipod crustaceans found near Syowa Station, Antarctica. Mem natn Inst polar Res, Tokyo (Spec Issue) 40: 249-258
37. O'Brien DP (1987) Direct observations of the behavior of Euphausia superba and Euphausia crystallorophias (Crustacea: Euphausiacea) under pack ice during the Antarctic spring of 1985. J Crustacean Biol 7: 437-448
38. Offredo C, Ridoux V (1986) The diet of emperor penguins Aptenodytes forsteri in Adelie land, Antarctica. Ibis 128: 409-413
39. Offredo C, Ridoux V, Clarke MR (1985) Cephalopods in the diets of Emperor and Adelie penguins in Adelie Land, Antarctica. Mar Biol 86: 199-202
40. Piatkowski U, Pütz K (1994) Squid diet of emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) in the eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica during late summer. Antarctic Sci 6: 241-247
41. Pütz K (1995) The post-moult diet of emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) in the eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Polar Biol 15: 457-463
42. Ridoux V (1994) The diets and dietary segregation of seabirds at the subantarctic Crozet Islands. Mar Orn 22: 1-192
43. Robertson GG (1995) The foraging ecology of emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) at two Mawson Coast colonies, Antarctica. ANARE Rep 138: 1-139
44. Robertson G, Newgrain K (1996) The food and energy intake rates of adult emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) rearing chicks. Antarctic Sci 8: 37-44
45. Robertson G, Williams R, Green K, Robertson L (1994) Diet composition of emperor penguin chicks Aptenodytes forsteri at two Mawson coast colonies, Antarctica. Ibis 136: 19-31
46. Siegel V, Mühlenhardt-Siegel U (1988) On the occurrence and biology of some Antarctic Mysidacea (Crustacea). Polar Biol 8: 181-190
47. Smith SL, Schnack-Schiel SB (1990) Polar zooplankton. In: Smith WO (ed) Polar oceanography, Part B. Academic Press, San Diego, pp 527-598
48. Takahashi M, Nemoto T (1984) The food of some Antarctic fish in the western Ross Sea in summer 1979. Polar Biol 3: 237-239
49. Van Heezik Y (1988) Diet of Adélie penguins during the incubation period at Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica. Notornis 35: 23-26
50. Watanuki Y, Kato A, Mori Y, Naito Y (1998) Diving performance of Adélie penguins in relation to food availability in fast sea-ice areas: comparison between years. J Anim Ecol 62: 634-646
51. Williams R (1989) Australian research on Antarctic bird and seal diets. Sel scient Pap scient Comm Conserv antarct mar living Resour 1988(2): 231-249
52. Williams R, McEldowney A (1990) A guide to the fish otoliths from waters off the Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard and Macquarie Islands. ANARE Res Notes 75: 1-173
53. Wilson RP (1984) An improved stomach pump for penguins and other seabirds. J Fld Ornithology 55: 109-112
54. Woehler EJ (1993) The distribution and abundance of antarctic and subantarctic penguins. Scientific Committe on Antarctic Research, Cambridge