Stable isotopes reveal regional heterogeneity in the pre-breeding istribution and diets of sympatrically breeding Pygoscelis spp penguins

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 421, Issue , 2011, Pages 265-277

  Polito, Michael J ^a   Lynch, Heather J ^b   Naveen, Ron ^c   Emslie, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c OCEANITES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad lie penguin; Deliae Pygoscelisa; Diet; Distribution; Gentoo penguin; Pygoscelis papua; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; EGGSHELL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEABIRD; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

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

EID: 78751674468     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08863     Document Type: Article

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