Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Thalassarche chrysostoma

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Thalassarche chrysostoma

Main Ref.	Arata, J., G. Robertson, J. Valencia, J.C. Xavier and C.A. Moreno, 2004
Fish stage	recruits/juv.	Mean length	none
Sample size	42	Percent empty
Country	Chile	Locality	Gonzalo Island, Diego Ramirez, Chile
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Thalassarche chrysostoma

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
1.20 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	amphipods	juv./adults	Gammaridea sp.
5.20 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	fish	0.5% Bathylagus sp.; 2.8% Electrona antarctica; 0.2% Gymnoscopelus fraseri; 0.3%Gymnoscopelus hintonoides; 1.3% Gymnoscopelus nicholsi.
0.20 %	detritus	detritus	carcasses	juv./adults	unidentified bones
0.50 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	mysids	juv./adults	Gnathophausiidae sp.	0.2% Gnathophausiidae sp. 1; 0.1% Gnathophausiidae sp. 2; 0.3% Gnathophausiidae sp.
0.10 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	juv./adults	unidentified crustacean
0.10 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	n.a./other plank. crustaceans	juv./adults	Acanthephyra pelagica
0.20 %	others	birds	sea birds	juv./adults	penguin
0.60 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	shrimps/prawns	juv./adults	Pasiphaeidae	0.5% Pasiphaeidae longispina; 0.1% Pasiphaeidae sp.
11.30 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Cephalopod	0.7% Gonatus antarcticus; 7.7% Kondakovia longimana; 0.9% Histioteuthis sp. B; 1.2% Alluroteuthis antarcticus; 0.1Mastigoteuthis psychrophila; 0.3% Galiteuthis glacialis; 0.4% Taonius sp.
80.60 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Martialia hyadesi