Cephalopods in the diet of nonbreeding black-browed and grey-headed albatrosses from South Georgia

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Alvito, Pedro M., Rosa, Rui, Phillips, Richard A., Cherel, Yves, Ceia, Filipe R., Guerreiro, Miguel, Seco, José, Baeta, Alexandra, Vieira, Rui P., Xavier, José C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag 2020
• Subjects: Antarctica; Albatrosses; Cephalopods; Thalassarche melanophris; Thalassarche chrysostoma; Bird Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/41133; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1626-3

The food and feeding ecology of albatrosses during the nonbreeding season is still poorly known, particularly with regard to the cephalopod component. This was studied in black-browed Thalassarche melanophris and grey-headed T. chrysostoma albatrosses by analysing boluses collected shortly after adu...