| Title | The winter diet of the great-winged petrel Pterodroma macroptera at sub-Antarctic Marion Island in 1991 |
| Author | Cooper, J.; Klages, N.T.W. |
| Author Affil | Cooper, J., University of Cape Town, Department of Zoology, Animal Demography Unit, Rondebosch, South Africa |
| Source | Marine Ornithology, 37(3), p.261-263. Publisher: African Seabird Group, Rondebosch, South Africa. ISSN: 1018- 3337 |
| Publication Date | 2010 |
| Notes | In English GeoRef Acc. No: 309903 |
| Index Terms | Indian Ocean Islands--Marion Island; Aves; behavior; Cephalopoda; Chordata; diet; feeding; Indian Ocean Islands; Invertebrata; Marion Island; Mollusca; Prince Edward Island Group; Procellariidae; Pterodroma macroptera; Tetrapoda; Vertebrata |
| Abstract | Diet of great-winged petrels at Marion Island was found to be mainly squid in terms of diversity, frequency of occurrence and contribution by mass. Fish and crustaceans formed relatively minor parts of diet. |
| Publication Type | journal article |
| Record ID | 91537 |