Diet composition and foraging habitats of Adélie and gentoo penguins in three different stages of their annual cycle

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Juares, Mariana Alejandra, Santos, Maria Mercedes, Mennucci, Jorge A., Coria, Néstor Rubén, Mariano y Jelicich, Rocío
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: Pygoscelis Adeliae; Pygoscelis Papua; Foraging Behaviour; Stable Isotope Analysis; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; King George Island; Argentino; Argentina; 25 de Mayo; Stranger Point; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Euphausia superba; Instituto Antártico Argentino; Pygoscelis adeliae; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/62504

We evaluated the diet of Adélie (Pygoscelis adeliae) and gentoo (P. papua) penguins at Stranger Point colony (25 de Mayo/King George Island) during different stages of their annual cycle using the stable isotope method and the conventional dietary analyses (i.e. stomach contents). Antarctic krill (E...