Are penguins and seals in competition for Antarctic krill at South Georgia?

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Barlow, K.E., Boyd, I.L., Croxall, J.P., Reid, K., Staniland, I.J., Brierley, A.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2002
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Bird Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Antarctic Fur Seals; Antarctic Krill; Arctocephalus gazella; Eudyptes chrysolophus; Euphausia superba; Macaroni penguin
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5992/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-001-0691-7

The Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) and macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) are sympatric top predators that occur in the Southern Ocean around South Georgia where they are, respectively, the main mammal and bird consumers of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). In recent years the p...