Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Eudyptes chrysolophus

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Eudyptes chrysolophus

Main Ref.	Ridoux, V., 1994
Fish stage	adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	30	Percent empty
Country	Crozet Is.	Locality	Possession Island
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Eudyptes chrysolophus

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
0.03 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	amphipods	juv./adults	Cyllopus lucasii
0.03 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	amphipods	juv./adults	Hyperia galba	Species identity is uncertain.
0.03 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	amphipods	juv./adults	Hyperiella antarctica
0.03 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	amphipods	juv./adults	Hyperoche sp.
0.03 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	amphipods	juv./adults	unidentified amphipods	Includes unidentified hyperiid and gammarid amphipods.
1.30 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	amphipods	juv./adults	Primno macropa
19.00 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	amphipods	juv./adults	Themisto gaudichaudii
0.03 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Lepidonotothen larseni
0.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Notolepis sp.
0.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Protomyctophum normani
0.20 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	other unidentified fish
0.50 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Protomyctophum tenisoni
8.20 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Electrona carlsbergi
18.50 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Krefftichthys anderssoni
0.03 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	recruits/juv.	Harpagiferid post-larvae
0.03 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	recruits/juv.	Paralepidid post-larvae
0.40 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	recruits/juv.	Nototheniid post-larvae
0.60 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	recruits/juv.	Myctophid post-larvae
0.30 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	euphausiids	juv./adults	Stylocheiron abbreviatum
0.30 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	euphausiids	juv./adults	Thysanoessa vicina
1.60 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	euphausiids	juv./adults	Thysanoessa macrura	Includes some Thysanoessa vicina.
38.10 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	euphausiids	juv./adults	Euphausia vallentini
0.50 %	others	others	n.a./others	n.a./others	other unidentified organisms
0.03 %	zoobenthos	worms	non-annelids	juv./adults	Pseudosagitta gazellae	Identified as Sagitta gazellae.
0.20 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	octopi	juv./adults	Argonauta argo
0.20 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	octopi	juv./adults	unidentified octopodids
0.03 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	plank. copepods	juv./adults	unidentified calanoid
0.10 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	shrimps/prawns	juv./adults	Caridae larvae
0.10 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	shrimps/prawns	juv./adults	Hoplophorid larvae
0.10 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Brachioteuthis sp.
0.30 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Alluroteuthis antarcticus
0.30 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Pholidoteuthis sp.
1.60 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	unidentified gonatids
7.10 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Kondakovia longimana

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