Dive strategies and foraging effort in the Australasian gannet Morus serrator revealed by underwater videography

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 442, Issue , 2011, Pages 255-261

  Machovsky Capuska, Gabriel E ^a   Vaughn, Robin L ^b   Würsig, Bernd ^b   Katzir, Gadi ^c   Raubenheimer, David ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decision making; Dive shape; Gannets; Morus serrator; Multispecies feeding associations; Prey capture success

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; CEPHALOPOD; DECISION MAKING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEABIRD; UNDERWATER CAMERA; VIDEOGRAPHY; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 82955246337     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09458     Document Type: Article

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