Are penguins and seals in competition for Antarctic krill at South Georgia?

The Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) and macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) are sympatric top predators that occur in the Southern Ocean around South Georgia where they are, respectively, the main mammal and bird consumers of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). In recent years the p...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Marine Biology
Main Authors: Barlow, KE, Boyd, Ian Lamont, Croxall, JP, Reid, K, Staniland, IJ, Brierley, Andrew Stuart
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2002
Subjects:
FUR SEALS
MACARONI PENGUINS
INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY
ARCTOCEPHALUS-GAZELLA
EUDYPTES-CHRYSOLOPHUS
BIRD-ISLAND
INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION
ECOLOGICAL SEGREGATION
MARINE-ENVIRONMENT
FIELD EXPERIMENTS
Antarctic
Bird Island
Southern Ocean
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctic Fur Seal
Antarctic Fur Seals
Antarctic Krill
Arctocephalus gazella
Eudyptes chrysolophus
Euphausia superba
Macaroni penguin
Online Access:https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/are-penguins-and-seals-in-competition-for-antarctic-krill-at-south-georgia(f5e0b170-e9e7-4a3a-96b6-0ec97678f783).html
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-001-0691-7
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036934519&partnerID=8YFLogxK

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