Foraging grounds of southern giant petrels (Macronectes giganteus) on the Patagonian shelf

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Quintana, Flavio Roberto, Dell'arciprete, Olga Patricia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Argentine; Giganteus; Giant Petrels; Macronectes giganteus; Polar Biology; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/98900

During the 1999 and 2000 breeding seasons we used satellite telemetry to track the foraging movements of four southern giant petrels (Macronectes giganteus) nesting on an island off the Argentine coast (45°08′, 66°03′). Three of the four individuals foraged east/southeast of the colony, over the mid...