The diet of post-breeding Antarctic shags Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis at the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Casaux, Ricardo Jorge, Baroni, A., Ramón, A., Bertolin, María Lila, Di Prinzio, Cecilia Yanina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press
• Subjects: ANTARCTICA; GOBBIONOTOTEN; NOTOTHENIA; POSTBREEDING; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentino; Argentina; Ricardo; Danco; Danco Coast; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/96210

The diet of post-breeding Antarctic shags Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis was investigated at four colonies at the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, by the analysis of 399 pellets (regurgitated casts) collected during February and March 1998 and 2000. Overall, demersal-benthic fish were the most frequ...