Habitat selection by foraging macaroni penguins correlates with hematocrit, an index of aerobic condition

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Crossin, Glenn T., Takahashi, Akinori, Sakamoto, Kentaro Q., Trathan, Phil N., Williams, Tony D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Inter-Research 2015
• Subjects: Bird Island; Eudyptes chrysolophus
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/511351/; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11320

Reproductive investment during the chick-rearing period is an important contributor to lifetime fitness. Key to chick-rearing is the success of parental foraging, as food deliveries affect chick growth and survival up until fledging. For seabirds, oceanographic conditions including factors such as s...