Moult habitat, pre- and post-moult diet and post-moult travel of Ross Sea emperor penguins

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 267, Issue , 2004, Pages 281-290

  Kooyman, G L ^a   Siniff, D B ^b   Stirling, I ^c   Bengtson, J L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Body mass; Eastern Ross Sea; Emperor penguin; Krill; Pack ice; Satellite transmitter

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DIET; MOLT; SEABIRD;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

APTENODYTES FORSTERI; AVES; CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; SPHENISCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642289400     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps267281     Document Type: Article

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