Food items reported for Aptenodytes forsteri
n = 25
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Gonatus antarcticus Antarctica juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo Terre Adélie adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Alluroteuthis antarctica Antarctica juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Illex Terre Adélie adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Kondakovia longimana Terre Adélie adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Kondakovia longimana Antarctica juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Psychroteuthis glacialis Antarctica juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Teuthida Terre Adélie adults
nekton finfish bony fish Channichthyidae (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Bathydraconidae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Electrona antarctica (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pagothenia borchgrevinki (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pleuragramma antarcticum Antarctica juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pleurogramma antarcticum (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trematomus bernacchii (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trematomus borchgrevinki (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trematomus eulepidotus Antarctica juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trematomus hansoni (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trematomus lepidorhinus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trematomus loennbergi (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trematomus sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Paralepididae (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans amphipods (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Krill Antarctica juv./adults
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