Adélie penguin population diet monitoring by analysis of food DNA in scats.

The Adélie penguin is the most important animal currently used for ecosystem monitoring in the Southern Ocean. The diet of this species is generally studied by visual analysis of stomach contents; or ratios of isotopes of carbon and nitrogen incorporated into the penguin from its food. There are sig...

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Main Authors: Simon N Jarman, Julie C McInnes, Cassandra Faux, Andrea M Polanowski, James Marthick, Bruce E Deagle, Colin Southwell, Louise Emmerson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3864945?pdf=render