Diet of the Imperial Cormorant Phalacrocorax atricepsat sub-Antarctic Marion Island

The Imperial Cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps is an inshore foraging, diving seabird (Cooper 1985) distributed throughout the southern hemisphere south of 45°S (Watson 1975). A brief description of the diet of the Imperial Cormorant at Marion Island has been published (Blankley 1981). We present her...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Emu - Austral Ornithology
Main Authors: Espitalier-Noel, G., Adams, N. J., Klages, N. T.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 1988
Subjects:
Antarctic
Antarc*
Marion Island
Phalacrocorax atriceps
Online Access:https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/36639/
https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/36639/1/2147.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1071/MU9880043
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Summary:The Imperial Cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps is an inshore foraging, diving seabird (Cooper 1985) distributed throughout the southern hemisphere south of 45°S (Watson 1975). A brief description of the diet of the Imperial Cormorant at Marion Island has been published (Blankley 1981). We present here a more comprehensive report based on food samples collected throughout the year.

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