Flexible foraging strategies of gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua over 5 years in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2527-2537

  Miller, Aileen K ^a   Karnovsky, Nina J ^b   Trivelpiece, Wayne Z ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; ANNUAL VARIATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHTLESSNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

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

EID: 70350369750     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1277-z     Document Type: Article

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