Seasonal prey switching in non-breeding gentoo penguins related to a wintertime environmental anomaly around South Georgia

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Xavier, Jose C., Velez, N., Trathan, Phil N., Cherel, Y., De Broyer, C., Cánovas, F., Seco, J., Ratcliffe, Norman, Tarling, Geraint A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; Bird Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Gentoo penguin; Polar Biology; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520655/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520655/1/Winter%20diet%20Penguins%20SG_CLEAN.docx; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-018-2372-8

Information is needed on how anomalous environmental conditions affect important Antarctic ecological sentinels during the winter. Using a non-invasive method (scats), the diet of non-breeding gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua at Bird Island, South Georgia, was examined during the winter of 2009 when...