Comparison of diving behavior and foraging habitat use between chinstrap and gentoo penguins breeding in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 811-825

  Kokubun, Nobuo ^a   Takahashi, Akinori ^a,b   Mori, Yoshihisa ^c   Watanabe, Shinichi ^d   Shin, Hyoung Chul ^e  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BREEDING POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SEABIRD; STOMACH CONTENT; SYMPATRY;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77952096358     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1364-1     Document Type: Article

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