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. 2020 Apr 15;20:21. doi: 10.1186/s12898-020-00288-5

Table 1.

Parameters of distribution and foraging of the five study species

Species Diet Distribution (breeding season) Dive capacity Distribution (moulting season) Time of moult
Gentoo penguin Variable, e.g. 40% fish, 60% lobster krillb, or over 80% fishc Nearshore (30 km)d 120 md Unknown (suspected Falkland waters) February–Marcha
Magellanic penguin 40% fish, 30% squid, 30% lobster krillb Nearshore (40 km)d 70 md Unknown (suspected Falkland waters) February–Marcha
Rockhopper penguin 50% krill, 50% small squidb Nearshore (30 km)d 50 md Unknown (suspected Falkland/Patagonian Shelf waters) February–Marcha
Thin-billed prion Amphipods, small squidb,e Offshore (500 km)f < 10 mg 90% of population offshore Atlantic, around polar front, 10% over Patagonian shelf h April–May
Wilson’s storm-petrel Mainly krill, variable amounts of small fish and squidg Offshore (250 km)i Surface feedingg Temperate to sub-tropicalg April–May

aOwn observation, References: bThompson [20], cHandley et al. [22], dMasello et al. [19], eQuillfeldt et al. [18], fQuillfeldt et al. [46], gBrooke [47], hQuillfeldt et al. [24], iCroxall & Prince [48]