Foraging ecology Niche overlap

• Main Authors: Ari S. Friedlaender A, David W. Johnston A, William R. Fraser C, Jennifer Burns D, Patrick N. Halpina, Daniel P. Costa E
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Crabeater Seals; Euphausia superba; Lobodon carcinophagus; Megaptera novaeangliae; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.467.9477; http://pal.lternet.edu/docs/bibliography/Public/401lterc.pdf

a b s t r a c t Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), carabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophagus), humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), and minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaernsis) are found in the waters surrounding the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Each species relies primarily on Antarctic krill (Euphau...