The diet of the South Georgia shag Phalacrocorax georgianus at South Orkney Islands in five consecutive years

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 557-561

  Casaux, Ricardo ^a   Ramón, Analía ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; PREY SELECTION; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA;

AVES; BIVALVIA; GOBIONOTOTHEN; GOBIONOTOTHEN GIBBERIFRONS; HARPAGIFER ANTARCTICUS; LEPIDONOTOTHEN NUDIFRONS; MOLLUSCA; NOTOTHENIA; NOTOTHENIA CORIICEPS; OCTOPODA; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX GEORGIANUS; POLYCHAETA; TREMATOMUS; TREMATOMUS NEWNESI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036938236     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-002-0389-4     Document Type: Article

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