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EMU-AUSTRAL ORNITHOLOGY
卷 113, 期 1, 页码 69-76出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS AUSTRALIA
DOI: 10.1071/MU11100
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crabs; dietary habits; foraging; stable-isotopes
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- Conservation, Research, and Education Opportunities (CREO)
- Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata [15/E238]
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET) [PIP 0070]
In this study, we used stable-isotope analysis to determine the importance of different food resources in the diet of an endemic gull species of the Atlantic coast of southern South America during the non-breeding period. We compared the isotopes N-15 and C-13 in the blood of Olrog's Gulls (Larus atlanticus) of different ages with those in potential prey of the Gulls. We also determined the abundance of Olrog's Gull in their wintering areas and attending coastal fisheries operations in a small region of Argentina. An isotope-mixing model showed differences in the isotopic signatures of adult, subadult and juvenile Gulls. Although the isotope-mixing model showed crabs as the main prey, it also showed that demersal and pelagic fish may be important in the diet. We speculate that the demersal and pelagic fish in the diet, shown by their isotopic signatures in the Gulls, may be taken in association with coastal fisheries, particularly bottom otter-paired trawling. At-sea observations showed that Olrog's Gulls were one of the most-common birds attending fishing operations of the Argentine coastal fishing fleet, taking advantage of fish mostly made available through hauling operations.
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