Diet and foraging areas of Southern Ocean seabirds and their prey inferred from stable isotopes: Review and case study of Wilson's storm-petrel

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 295, Issue , 2005, Pages 295-304

  Quillfeldt, Petra ^a,c   McGill, Rona A R ^b   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet; Foraging area; Oceanites oceanicus; Prey; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; KING GEORGE ISLAND; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI; CRUSTACEA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; HYDROBATINAE; OCEANITES OCEANICUS; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE; STERCORARIUS;

EID: 22744457531     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps295295     Document Type: Article

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