Food of emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri)
Abstract The diet of the emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri in the western Ross Sea during spring was in-vestigated by analysis of stomach contents sampled at three dierent localities. At Cape Washington, emperor penguins feeding chicks consistently preyed on fishes (89 to 95 % by mass) and crusta...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.457.1164 http://www.cebc.cnrs.fr/publipdf/1998/CMB130.pdf |