Summary
Stomach samples were collected from 41 Adelie penguins Pygoscelis adeliae attending young chicks at Shirley Island, near Casey Station (66°20S, 110°25E) from 8-14 January 1992. The mean mass of stomach samples was 411±115 g, about 10% of mean adult body mass (4.2±0.4 kg). By mass, the diet comprised 48.7% fish (41.8% Antarctic Silverfish Pleuragramma antarcticum), 48.3% kirll (39.7% Antarctic krill Euphausia superba and 8.5% Crystal kirll E. crystallorophias), and 3% amphipods and quid combined.
Authors:Kent S. Seddon J. Robertson G. Wienecke B.C.
Publisher: The African Seabird Group and The Pacific Seabird Group
Published in: 1998
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Program area: Biology
Kent S., Seddon J., Robertson G., Wienecke B.C.
(1998)
Diet of adelie penguins pygoscelis adeliae at Shirley Island, East Entarctica, January 1992,
Marine Ornithology
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BURTON, Mr Harry
Casey