Exploitation of mesoscale oceanographic features by grey-headed albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma in the southern Indian Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 217, Issue , 2001, Pages 15-26

  Nel, D C ^a   Lutjeharms, J R E ^a   Pakhomov, E A ^a   Ansorge, I J ^a   Ryan, P G ^a   Klages, N T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Albatross; Diet; Foraging ecology; Oceanography

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MESOSCALE EDDY; SEABIRD;

(SOUTH); INDIAN OCEAN;

MAGNISUDIS PRIONOSA; MARTIALIA HYADESI; THALASSARCHE CHRYSOSTOMA; THEMISTO GAUDICHAUDII;

EID: 0035979216     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps217015     Document Type: Article

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