On the accuracy of the pellet analysis method to estimate the food intake in the Antarctic shag, Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis

• Main Author: Casaux, Ricardo Jorge
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Akademie Ved Ceske Republiky
• Subjects: ANTARCTICA; Antarctic shag; daily food intake; diet; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Argentino; Argentina; Ricardo; Harmony Point; Duthoit; Duthoit Point; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/105217

The possibility to study quantitatively the diet of the Antarctic shag Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis by the analysis of pellets, applying correction factors to compensate for the digestion and loss through the gastrointestinal tract of fish otoliths represented in pellets, was evaluated at two local...