TY - JOUR N2 - A large sample of more than 1500 individuals of scavenging Amphipoda from fur seal carcass was studied. Six species have been identified. The two most abundant species, Abyssorchomene plebs and Waldeckia obesa, are sublittoral, necrophagous amphipods that could attack the carcass when submerged in the sea. After stranding on the beach they became an attractive food source for birds eating not only the seal tissues but also the scavenging amphipods. The species composition of the present sample as well as earlier data on Antarctic tern stomach content and baited traps taken in the same area and at the same time agreed quite well. These observations confirm the expectation that Antarctic tern feeds on necrophagous amphipods picked out from carcasses stranding on the sea shore. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110538/PDF/PPR30-029.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110538 PY - 2009 IS - No 1 EP - 36 KW - Antarctica KW - King George Island KW - Amphipoda KW - scavengers A1 - Jażdżewska, Anna PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 30 DA - 2009 T1 - Antarctic necrophagous lysianassoids from a stranded fur seal carcass SP - 29 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110538 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -