Frontal zones, temperature gradient and depth characterize the foraging habitat of king penguins at South Georgia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 465, Issue , 2012, Pages 281-297

  Scheffer, Annette ^a,b   Bost, Charles André ^b   Trathan, Philip N ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Aptenodytes patagonicus; Foraging niche; Hydrological structure; Seabird; Temperature gradient

Indexed keywords

FRONTAL FEATURE; GPS; HABITAT USE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84867023940     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09884     Document Type: Article

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