Cephalopod predation by the king penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus from South Georgia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 168, Issue , 1998, Pages 13-19

  Rodhouse, P G ^a   Olsson, O ^a,b   Anker Nilssen, P ^c   Murray, A W A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cephalopods; King penguins; Oceanography; South Georgia

Indexed keywords

DIET; PREDATION; SEABIRD; SQUID;

ANTARCTIC POLAR FRONT; ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; CEPHALOPODA; GONATUS ANTARCTICUS; KREFFTICHTHYS ANDERSSONI; MARTIALIA HYADESI;

EID: 0032500109     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps168013     Document Type: Article

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