Seasonal prey switching in non-breeding gentoo penguins related to a wintertime environmental anomaly around South Georgia

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Xavier, J. C., Velez, N., Trathan, N., Cherel, Y., De Broyer, C., Canovas, F., Seco, J., Ratcliffe, N., Tarling, G.
• Other Authors: Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE UC), Universidade de Coimbra Coimbra, British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Centre of Marine Sciences Faro (CCMAR), University of Algarve Portugal, Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences Belgium, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire Montpellier (CHRU Montpellier)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic winter; Southern Ocean; Diet; Pygoscelis papua; Abnormal environmental conditions; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Austral; Bird Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Gentoo penguin; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01849725; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2372-8

International audience Information is needed on how anomalous environmental conditions affect important Antarctic ecological sentinels during the winter. Using a non-invasive method (scats), the diet of non-breeding gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua at Bird Island, South Georgia, was examined during...