Foraging ecology of albatrosses and petrels from South Georgia: two decades of insights from tracking technologies

• Published in: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
• Main Authors: Phillips, R.A., Croxall, J.P., Silk, J.R.D., Briggs, D.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2008
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Bird Island; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5857/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5857/1/Aquatic_Conservation_tracking_review.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.906

1. A wide range of instrumentation has been deployed on albatrosses and petrels at Bird Island, South Georgia, in studies dating back to the mid-1980s. Early results indicated the huge distances that albatrosses and large petrels travelled within the breeding season. More recent data show the capaci...