Experimental feeding of Yellow-eyed Penguins (Megadyptes antipodes) with meals containing cephalopod beak pairs and otoliths of known weight, and subsequent flushing of stomachs at 2-48 h intervals after feeding, were carried out to determine the rate of digestion of beaks and otoliths. Otoliths and beaks were placed in HCl to observe changes. All otoliths were totally digested after 24 h in penguin stomachs, disappearance rate was inversely related to size of the otolith. After 24 h squid beaks showed increasing signs of wear, the extent of which was dependent on the presence or absence of small stones in the stomach. Experiments showed that HCl only causes otolith erosion at pH 1.5; erosion rate was twice as slow as in the stomachs. Acid ...
Our objective was to measure food intake of adult Magellanic penguins as they fatten up before molti...
Abstract: A stomach motility probe was developed in order to investigate digestive regu-lation in pe...
Paleodiet studies on ornithogenic soils are valuable for investigating the relationship between ecoe...
Jackass Penguins were fed either fish, squid, or a mixture and then stomach pumped at increasing tim...
5 pagesInternational audienceMany animals that possess a gizzard swallow stones or sandy grit, suppo...
International audienceMany animals that possess a gizzard swallow stones or sandy grit, supposedly t...
Research into the feeding habits of cetaceans has traditionally relied on examining samples taken Fr...
Prolonged abnormal vomiting causes metabolic alkalosis. Many seabirds are known to feed their chicks...
Research into the feeding habits of cetaceans has traditionally relied on examining samples taken Fr...
Application of digestion correction factors to measurements and counts of fish otoliths and cephalop...
ow nloaded from The ability of otoliths to withstand digestion in a seal stomach appears to differ b...
Diet composition estimates for pinnipeds are widely conducted using prey hard remains recovered from...
We tested the usefulness of the fatty acid signature-method in investigating the diet of seabirds in...
Abstract Aquatic birds are often used as a health indi-cator of the marine ecosystem. African pengui...
The stomach flushing technique is a vital tool in bird dietary studies. The technique requires a tub...
Our objective was to measure food intake of adult Magellanic penguins as they fatten up before molti...
Abstract: A stomach motility probe was developed in order to investigate digestive regu-lation in pe...
Paleodiet studies on ornithogenic soils are valuable for investigating the relationship between ecoe...
Jackass Penguins were fed either fish, squid, or a mixture and then stomach pumped at increasing tim...
5 pagesInternational audienceMany animals that possess a gizzard swallow stones or sandy grit, suppo...
International audienceMany animals that possess a gizzard swallow stones or sandy grit, supposedly t...
Research into the feeding habits of cetaceans has traditionally relied on examining samples taken Fr...
Prolonged abnormal vomiting causes metabolic alkalosis. Many seabirds are known to feed their chicks...
Research into the feeding habits of cetaceans has traditionally relied on examining samples taken Fr...
Application of digestion correction factors to measurements and counts of fish otoliths and cephalop...
ow nloaded from The ability of otoliths to withstand digestion in a seal stomach appears to differ b...
Diet composition estimates for pinnipeds are widely conducted using prey hard remains recovered from...
We tested the usefulness of the fatty acid signature-method in investigating the diet of seabirds in...
Abstract Aquatic birds are often used as a health indi-cator of the marine ecosystem. African pengui...
The stomach flushing technique is a vital tool in bird dietary studies. The technique requires a tub...
Our objective was to measure food intake of adult Magellanic penguins as they fatten up before molti...
Abstract: A stomach motility probe was developed in order to investigate digestive regu-lation in pe...
Paleodiet studies on ornithogenic soils are valuable for investigating the relationship between ecoe...