Aspects of the foraging behaviour of the Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata gaini at Harmony Point, South Shetland Islands

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Casaux, Ricardo Jorge, Baroni, A., Ramón, A., Favero, Marco, Silva, Paola Valeria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: Antarctic Tern; Diet composition; Antarctica; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Argentina; Ricardo; Harmony Point; Nelson Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Polar Biology; Sterna vittata
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/101967

During January and February of 2002 and 2003, we studied the diet of the Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata gaini at two colonies in Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands, by identifying the prey fed to chicks by breeders. The fish Notothenia coriiceps was the main prey in both seasons, followed by the m...