Interannual variation in the diet of the Antarctic prion Pachyptila desolata at South Georgia

• Published in: Emu - Austral Ornithology
• Main Authors: Reid, Keith, Croxall, John P., Edwards, Tracy M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: birdl;ife Australia 1997
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Bird Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Antarctic prion; Euphausia superba; Pachyptila desolata; Copepods
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514685/; https://doi.org/10.1071/MU97016

The diet of the Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata was examined using food samples regurgitated by adult birds during five breeding seasons at Bird Island, South Georgia. In all years the diet was mainly crustaceans, with a small proportion of myctophid fish and trace amounts of ephalopods. Antarct...