Diet, provisioning and productivity responses of marine predators to differences in availability of Antarctic krill

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 177, Issue , 1999, Pages 115-131

  Croxall, J P ^a   Reid, K ^a   Prince, P A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albatrosses; Antarctic krill; Fur seals; Penguins; Predator performance; Prey availability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANTARCTICA;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; CHRYSOLOPHUS; CICONIIFORMES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; EUDYPTES CHRYSOLOPHUS; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; GALLUS GALLUS; GAZELLA; PHOCIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033545395     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps177115     Document Type: Article

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