Natural and anthropogenic factors affecting the feeding ecology of a top marine predator, the Magellanic penguin

Ecosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Ramírez, Francisco ^a   Afán, Isabel ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Bertellotti, Marcelo ^c   Blanco, Guillermo ^d   Forero, Manuela G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Environment Canada ^*  (Argentina)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argentinean Patagonia; Breeding performance; Carbon 13; Competition; Feeding ecology; Fisheries; Foraging distribution; Indicator species; Magellanic penguin; Nitrogen 15; Spheniscus magellanicus; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900397273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00297.1     Document Type: Article

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