Foraging strategies of grey-headed albatrosses Thalassarche chrysostoma: Integration of movements, activity and feeding events

• Main Authors: Catry, Paulo, Phillips, Richard A., Phalan, Ben, Silk, Janet R. D., Croxall, John P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2012
• Subjects: Seabird; Feeding behaviour; Stomach temperature; Salp; Jellyfish; South Georgia; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bird Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/1468

We identified a range of foraging strategies adopted by grey-headed albatrosses Thalassarche chrysostoma rearing chicks at Bird Island, South Georgia, by simultaneously using satellite telemetry, wet/dry activity recorders and stomach temperature loggers. The albatrosses foraged mostly over oceanic...