Reconstructing the paleo-ecological diet of snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea) from modern samples and fossil deposits : implications for southern ocean paleoenvironmental reconstructions ...

• Main Authors: Berg, S., Emmerson, L., Heim, C., Buchta, E., Fromm, T., Glaser, Bruno, Hermichen, W.-D., Rethemeyer, J., Southwell, C., Wand, U., Zech, M., Melles, Martin
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt 2023
• Subjects: 598; Antarctic; Nivea; Southern Ocean; Spit The; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Snow Petrel; Snow Petrels
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25673/103450; https://opendata.uni-halle.de//handle/1981185920/105404

Snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea), which are endemic to the Antarctic region, produce proventricular stomach oil from ingested food for feeding purposes but also spit the oil in the immediate surrounds of the nests, where it forms encrustations over time (Antarctic mumiyo). These deposits provide a uni...