Temporal patterns in the diet and food partitioning in Imperial Cormorants (Phalacrocorax atriceps) and Rock Shags (P. magellanicus) breeding at Bahía Bustamante, Argentina

• Published in: The Wilson Bulletin
• Main Authors: Punta, Gabriel, Yorio, Pablo Martin, Herrera, Gonzalo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wilson Ornithological Society
• Subjects: IMPERIAL CORMORANTS; ROCK SHAGS; BAHÍA BUSTAMANTE; ARGENTINA; PELLET CAST; REGURGITATIONS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Chubut; Pablo; Phalacrocorax atriceps
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/103486

We studied the diet of Imperial Cormorants (Phalacrocorax atriceps) and Rock Shags (P.magellanicus) at Bahý´a Bustamante, Argentina, between 1992 and 1994. We analyzed pellet casts (1887 from Imperial Cormorants and 799 from Rock Shags) and regurgitations of stomach contents (260 from Imperial Cormo...