The food feeding ecology of the white-chinned petrel Procellaria aequinctialis at South Georgia

• Published in: Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Croxall, J. P., Hall, A. J., Hill, H. J., North, A. W., Rodhouse, P. G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1995
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bird Island; Indian; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; antarcticus
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/52289/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/52289/1/3125.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1995.tb02752.x

The diet of the white‐chinned petrel at Bird Island, South Georgia was studied during chickrearing in 1986 by quantitative analysis (by weight, frequency of occurrence and number of individuals) of regurgitated or lavaged adult stomach contents. Antarctic krill comprised over 90% of prey items and f...