The stomach contents of Antarctic petrels Thalassoica antarctica feeding young chicks at Scullin Monolith, Mawson Coast, Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Klages, Norbert, Gales, Rosemary, Pemberton, David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 1990
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Mawson Coast; Monolith; Scullin Monolith; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; E. Antarctica; Euphausia superba; Polar Biology; Thalassoica antarctica
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/35636/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/35636/1/1828.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00233704

Antarctic petrels (Thalassoica antarctica) brooding young chicks at Scullin Monolith (67°7′S, 66°42′E), Antarctica, fed fish and crustaceans (87% and 13%, respectively, on a mass basis) to their young. Amounts of solids fed were equivalent to 6.6% of the body mass of adult birds with an empty stomac...