Cycles of Euphausia superba recruitment evident in the diet of Pygoscelid penguins and net trawls in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1615-1623

  Miller, Aileen K ^a   Trivelpiece, Wayne Z ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinstrap penguin; Euphausia superba; Gentoo penguin; Recruitment; Sex ratios; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIET; SEABIRD; SEX RATIO; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAWL NET;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 34948899838     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0326-7     Document Type: Article

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