Dietary segregation of krill-eating South Georgia seabirds

• Published in: Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Croxall, J. P., Prince, P. A., Reid, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zoological Society of London 1997
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bird Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Antarctic prion; Euphausia superba; Gentoo penguin; Icefish; Macaroni penguin
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514448/; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb03854.x

The diets of six of the main seabird species (two petrels, two albatrosses, two penguins) breeding at Bird Island, South Georgia were studied simultaneously during the chick-rearing period in 1986. For five species, Antarctic krill Euphausia superba was the main food (39–98% by mass); grey-headed al...