Necropsy findings in yellow‐eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes) from Otago, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Hocken, A G ^a  

^a East Riding ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blue penguin; BMI; Cause of death; Eudyptula minor; Gastrolith; Megadyptes antipodes; New Zealand; Nutrition; Organ weights; Yellow eyed penguin

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; PARASITISM; PREDATION; SEABIRD; STARVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EUDYPTULA MINOR; MEGADYPTES ANTIPODES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 18544388071     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2005.9518391     Document Type: Article

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