Diet of the Imperial Cormorant Phalacrocorax atricepsat sub-Antarctic Marion Island

The Imperial Cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps is an inshore foraging, diving seabird (Cooper 1985) distributed throughout the southern hemisphere south of 45°S (Watson 1975). A brief description of the diet of the Imperial Cormorant at Marion Island has been published (Blankley 1981). We present here a more comprehensive report based on food samples collected throughout the year