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

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• 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 2004
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bird Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12114/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12114/1/m280p261.pdf; http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps2004/280/m280p261.pdf

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...