Diet of post-breeding Antarctic Shags Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis at Cockburn Island, Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Authors: Beltrán, Marianela, Tavella, Gabriela Nelly, Casaux, Ricardo Jorge
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pacific Seabird Group
• Subjects: ANTARCTIC SHAG; POST-BREEDING DIET; ANTARCTICA; DEMERSAL FISH; REGURGITATED CASTS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Patagonia; Argentino; Argentina; Ricardo; Cockburn; Cockburn Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/43393

The diet of post-breeding Antarctic shags (Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis) was investigated at Cockburn Island, in the Antarctic Peninsula, through the analysis of pellets collected in February 2015. Demersal-benthic fish were the most frequent and important prey, followed by invertebrates. Among the...