Diet of the Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax olivaceus at West Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina

• Published in: Waterbirds
• Main Authors: Casaux, Ricardo Jorge, Di Prinzio, Cecilia Yanina, Bertolin, María Lila, Tartara, Maria Alejandra
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Waterbird Society
• Subjects: DIET COMPOSITION; FISH INTAKE; FISH RESOURCES; IMPACT; NEOTROPIC CORMORANT; PATAGONIA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; San Juan; Argentino; Argentina; Chubut; Ricardo; Rosario; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/97817

A total of 124 pellets (regurgitated casts) produced by the Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) were collected monthly between January 2004 and November 2005 from a roosting site at Rosario Lake Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina. Analyses of the samples showed that fish were the most frequent a...