Linking predator and prey behaviour: Contrasts between Antarctic fur seals and macaroni penguins at South Georgia

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-112

  Waluda, Claire M ^a   Collins, Martin A ^a,b   Black, Andrew D ^c   Staniland, Iain J ^a   Trathan, Philip N ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Government House   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^c FALKLANDS CONSERVATION   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BIOMASS; BREEDING SEASON; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE MAMMAL; SALMONID; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL PERIOD; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELECTRONA ANTARCTICA; EUDYPTES CHRYSOLOPHUS; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MYCTOPHIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE; THEMISTO GAUDICHAUDII;

EID: 72749128241     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1299-6     Document Type: Article

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