Exploitation of the marine environment by two sympatric albatrosses in the Pacific Southern Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 177, Issue , 1999, Pages 243-254

  Waugh, S M ^a,b   Weimerskirch, H ^a   Cherel, Y ^a   Shankar, U ^b   Prince, P A ^c   Sagar, P M ^b  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albatross; Marine environmental; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD;

CAMPBELL ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC SECTOR; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

AVES; CEPHALOPODA; CHRYSOSTOMA; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA CHRYSOSTOMA; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRYS; MARTIALIA HYADESI; MICROMESISTIUS AUSTRALIS; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 0033545398     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps177243     Document Type: Article

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