Foraging behaviour and habitat selection of the little penguin Eudyptula minor during early chick rearing in Bass Strait, Australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 366, Issue , 2008, Pages 293-303

  Hoskins, Andrew J ^a   Dann, Peter ^b   Ropert Coudert, Yan ^c   Kato, Akiko ^d   Chiaradia, André ^b   Costa, Daniel P ^e   Arnould, John P Y ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Research Department   (Australia)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal ecosystem; Compositional analysis; Diving; Nearshore habitats; Sea surface temperature; Seabird

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIVING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PARENTAL CARE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BASS STRAIT; KANOWNA ISLAND; PHILLIP ISLAND; RABBIT ISLAND; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EUDYPTULA MINOR; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SPHENISCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 53549087232     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07507     Document Type: Article

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