Foraging energetics of Grey-headed Albatrosses Diomedea chrysostoma at Bird Island, South Georgia

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: Costa, D.P., Prince, P.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 1987
• Subjects: Biology and Microbiology; Bird Island
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522609/; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1987.tb03196.x

At‐sea metabolism (CO2 production) and water turnover of six breeding Grey‐headed Albatrosses Diomedea chrysostoma were measured, using the doubly labelled water method, at Bird Island, South Georgia, Mean food consumption (estimated from a water influx rate of 1.01 1 d‐1 and data on dietary composi...