Seasonal and interannual variation in foraging range and habitat of macaroni penguins Eudyptes chrysolophus at South Georgia

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Barlow, K.E., Croxall, John P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2002
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Bird Island; Ewing; Maurice; Maurice Ewing Bank; Eudyptes chrysolophus; Macaroni penguin
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/13113/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/13113/1/m232p291.pdf; http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps2002/232/m232p291.pdf

In marine ecosystems, characterisation of the foraging areas and habitats of predators is a key factor in interpreting their ecological role, We studied the foraging areas of the macaroni penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus at Bird Island, South Georgia, throughout the breeding seasons of 1999 to 2001 usi...