The diet of the King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus at Macquarie Island
The diet of King Penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus at Macquarie Island was studied between November 1984 and November 1985 based on stomach flushed samples (obtaining 93% of the total stomach content) from ten birds each month. The mean stomach content mass of the 118 samples was 923 0 g. Percentage...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1474-919x.1988.tb00970.x 2024-06-23T07:54:23+00:00 The diet of the King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus at Macquarie Island HINDELL, MARK A. 1988 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1988.tb00970.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1988.tb00970.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1988.tb00970.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Ibis volume 130, issue 2, page 193-203 ISSN 0019-1019 1474-919X journal-article 1988 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1988.tb00970.x 2024-06-06T04:20:51Z The diet of King Penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus at Macquarie Island was studied between November 1984 and November 1985 based on stomach flushed samples (obtaining 93% of the total stomach content) from ten birds each month. The mean stomach content mass of the 118 samples was 923 0 g. Percentage by number, percentage by weight and dietary coefficient analysis all showed the main prey of the penguins to be myctophid lantern fish of the species Electrona carlsbergi and Krefftichthys anderssoni. Juvenile fish of both species were eaten from December to July, and adults in August and September. Cephalopods were relatively unimportant in contrast to previous indications. The amount of food brought ashore and the composition of the diet varied over the year, with K. anderssoni the dominant food in all but the winter months when E. carlsbergi replaced it as the principal food item. Article in Journal/Newspaper King Penguins Macquarie Island Wiley Online Library Ibis 130 2 193 203 |
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The diet of King Penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus at Macquarie Island was studied between November 1984 and November 1985 based on stomach flushed samples (obtaining 93% of the total stomach content) from ten birds each month. The mean stomach content mass of the 118 samples was 923 0 g. Percentage by number, percentage by weight and dietary coefficient analysis all showed the main prey of the penguins to be myctophid lantern fish of the species Electrona carlsbergi and Krefftichthys anderssoni. Juvenile fish of both species were eaten from December to July, and adults in August and September. Cephalopods were relatively unimportant in contrast to previous indications. The amount of food brought ashore and the composition of the diet varied over the year, with K. anderssoni the dominant food in all but the winter months when E. carlsbergi replaced it as the principal food item. |
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The diet of the King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus at Macquarie Island |
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The diet of the King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus at Macquarie Island |
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The diet of the King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus at Macquarie Island |
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