Can thermoclines be a cue to prey distribution for marine top predators? A case study with little penguins.

The use of top predators as bio-platforms is a modern approach to understanding how physical changes in the environment may influence their foraging success. This study examined if the presence of thermoclines could be a reliable signal of resource availability for a marine top predator, the little...

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Main Authors: Laure Pelletier, Akiko Kato, André Chiaradia, Yan Ropert-Coudert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3335045?pdf=render