Seabirds as indicators of marine resources:black-browed albatrosses feeding on ommastrephid squids in Kerguelen waters

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Cherel, Y., Weimerskirch, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 1995
• Subjects: Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/38502/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/38502/1/2884.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps129295

The species, distributions and abundances of squids in the Southern Ocean are difficult to assess by conventional oceanographic means. The study of the food and feeding ecology of squid-eating predators such as procellariiform seabirds appears to be a supplemental way to collect useful information o...