Dietary aspects of establishing a mainland-based colony of the endangered African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) in St Francis Bay, South Africa

• Main Author: Voogt, Nina Margaret
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Rhodes University 2014
• Subjects: African penguin > South Africa > Cape Saint Francis; African penguin > Food > South Africa > Algoa Bay; African penguin > Habitat suitability index models > South Africa > Cape Saint Francis; Stable isotopes; Bird Island; Cape St. Francis; Francis Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013115; https://corycommons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5875

Cape St Francis, Eastern Cape, has been identified as one of four potential sites for establishing a mainland-based African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) colony. This thesis comprises three main components: a verification of a preparation method for stable isotope samples from penguin feathers; a di...