The diet of white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis , Linnaeus 1758, in years of contrasting prey availability at South Georgia

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Berrow, Simon D., Croxall, John P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1999
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Bird Island; Antarctic Science; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102099000371; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102099000371

The diet of breeding white-chinned petrels was studied during the summers of 1996 and 1998 at South Georgia. Krill abundance/availability was high throughout 1996 but apparently low at the beginning of the 1998 breeding season. The diet of white-chinned petrels was similar between years and consiste...