Diet and foraging effort of Adélie penguins in relation to pack-ice conditions in the southern Ross Sea

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Ainley, David G., Wilson, Peter R., Barton, Kerry J., Ballard, Grant, Nur, Nadav, Karl, Brian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 1998
• Subjects: Austral; Crozier; Ross Island; Ross Sea; Royds; Antarc*; Polar Biology; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/52837/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/52837/1/3629.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050308

We investigated the diet and aspects of foraging effort among Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) breeding at three colonies on Ross Island, in the southwestern Ross Sea – Capes Royds, Bird and Crozier – during the chick-provisioning period of three austral summers, 1994–1995, 1995–1996 and 1996–19...