Foraging energetics of Grey‐headed Albatrosses Diotnedea chrysostoma at Bird Island, South Georgia

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: COSTA, D. P., PRINCE, P. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1987
• Subjects: Bird Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1987.tb03196.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1987.tb03196.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1987.tb03196.x

At‐sea metabolism (CO 2 production) and water turnover of six breeding Grey‐headed Albatrosses Diomedea chrysostoma were measured, using the doubly labelled water method, at Bird Island, South Georgia, Mean food consumption (estimated from a water influx rate of 1.01 1 d ‐1 and data on dietary compo...