Temporal variation in Adélie penguin diet at Béchervaise Island, east Antarctica and its relationship to reproductive performance

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1633-1645

  Tierney, Megan ^a   Emmerson, Louise ^b   Hindell, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; ISLAND; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 67349096320     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1199-9     Document Type: Article

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