PREY OF NORTHERN ROCKHOPPER PENGUINS AT GOUGH ISLAND, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

The diet of Northern Rockhopper Penguins Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi breeding on Gough Island, south Atlantic Ocean was studied, during November 1984, 1985 and 1986 by stomach content analysis. Rockhopper Penguins fed chiefly on the euphausiids Thysanoessa gregaria, Euphausia lucens and E. similis....

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Published in:Ostrich
Main Authors: Klages, Norbert T., Brooke, Michael De L., Watkins, Barry P.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 1988
Subjects:
Gough
South Atlantic Ocean
Online Access:https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/36641/
https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/36641/1/2149.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1080/00306525.1988.9633725
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Summary:The diet of Northern Rockhopper Penguins Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi breeding on Gough Island, south Atlantic Ocean was studied, during November 1984, 1985 and 1986 by stomach content analysis. Rockhopper Penguins fed chiefly on the euphausiids Thysanoessa gregaria, Euphausia lucens and E. similis. Fish and squid were of minor importance by mass but constituted the largest individual prey items.

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