Vomit or flush? Diet analysis using samples from spntaneous regurgitates or the water-off-load technique

• Main Authors: Fijn, Ruben C., Van Franeker, Jan A., Trathan, Phil N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Seabird Group 2012
• Subjects: Austral; Nivea; Signy Island; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Cape Petrel; Cape Petrels; Daption capense; Snow Petrel; Snow Petrels
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/21071/; http://www.acap.aq/publications-acap-species/seabird-journals-and-bulletins-a-listing

Several methods, each with specific advantages and disadvantages, are frequently used to obtain diet samples from seabirds. The collection of regurgitates (REG) as well as samples from the stomach water-off-load (WOL) or flushing technique are some of the most commonly used approaches. During the Au...