Fine-scale drivers of African Penguin prey dynamics in Algoa Bay, South Africa, and their impacts on penguin foraging ecology

• Main Author: Mcinnes, Alistair McIntyre
• Other Authors: Ryan, Peter, Pichegru, Lorien, Lacerda, Miguel
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Cape Town 2016
• Subjects: Ornithology; Bird Island; Croix Island; St. Croix Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23408; https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/23408/4/thesis_sci_2016_mcinnes_alistair_mcintyre.pdf

African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) have undergone a dramatic decrease in their population since the turn of this century prompting the up-grading of their conservation status to 'endangered'. There is growing evidence that variation in the availability of their principle prey, pelagic...