Krill (Euphausia superba) abundance and Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) breeding performance in the waters off the Béchervaise Island colony, East Antarctica in 2 years with contrasting ecological conditions

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 540-557

  Nicol, S ^a   Clarke, J ^a   Romaine, S J ^b   Kawaguchi, S ^a   Williams, G ^c   Hosie, G W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Breeding success; CEMP; Krill; Penguins

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MELTING; NUTRITION; SEA ICE;

ACOUSTIC SURVEYS; BREEDING SUCCESS; FORAGING; PENGUINS;

BIRDS;

ABUNDANCE; ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BIOMASS; BIRD; COLONY; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTICA; BECHERVAISE ISLAND; EAST ANTARCTICA; MAWSON COAST;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; PLEURAGRAMMA ANTARCTICUM; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 40449120314     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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