Interannual variation in the diets of two albatross species breeding at South Georgia: implications for breeding performance

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: Xavier, J. C., Croxall, J. P., Reid, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2003
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Krill; Bird Island; Euphausia superba; Icefish; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1474-919x.2003.00196.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1474-919X.2003.00196.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00196.x

The diet and breeding performance of Grey‐headed Albatrosses Thalassarche chrysostoma and Black‐browed Albatrosses Diomedea melanophris breeding at Bird Island, South Georgia, were studied simultaneously during the chick‐rearing period between 1996 and 2000. When samples for all years were combined,...