Consistent foraging routes and benthic foraging behaviour in yellow-eyed penguins

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 343, Issue , 2007, Pages 295-306

  Mattern, Thomas ^a   Ellenberg, Ursula ^a   Houston, David M ^b   Davis, Lloyd S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benthic dive; Diving behaviour; Foraging range; Megadyptes antipodes; Navigation; Yellow eyed penguin

Indexed keywords

BENTHIVORY; BENTHOS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPTH DETERMINATION; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; SEABIRD; SEAFLOOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; OAMARU; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

AVES; MEGADYPTES ANTIPODES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 34548393074     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06954     Document Type: Article

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