Foraging black-browed albatrosses target waters overlaying moraine banks-a consequence of upward benthic-pelagic coupling?

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Wakefield, E.D., Phillips, R.A., Belchier, M., Aarts, G., Mackenzie, M., McConnell, B.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: chrysostoma; diet; ocean; sea; seabirds; segregation; shag rocks; shelf; south-georgia; strategies; Antarctic; Shag Rocks; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Antarctic Science; Icefish
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/foraging-black-browed-albatrosses-target-waters-overlaying-morain; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102012000132

Wide-ranging, surface-feeding pelagic seabirds are the most numerous functional group of birds in the Southern Ocean. The mesoscale habitat use of these birds is increasingly being quantified by relating their movements to remotely sensed, near surface properties of the ocean. However, prey availabi...