Fig. 2. Species composition of birds along the Maurice Ewing Bank (MEB) transect as determined by survey counts leading up to experimental stations (see text). Species codes are: unpr, unidentified prion (Pachyptila sp.); waal, wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans); grsw, great shearwater (Puffinus gravis); sopt, soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis); bbsp, black-bellied storm-petrel (Fregetta tropica); capt, Cape petrel (Daption capense); blpt, blue petrel (Halobaena caerulea); ugpt, unidentified giant petrel (Macronectes sp.); bbal, black-browed albatross (Diomedea melanophris); wisp, Wilson's storm-petrel (Oceanites oceanicus); ghal, grey-headed albatross (Diomedea chrysostoma); wcpt, white-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis); knpn, king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus); sosw, sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus); roal, Southern royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora); soal, sooty albatross (Phoebetria fusca); whpt, white-headed petrel (Pterodroma lessonii); lmal, light-mantled sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata); undp, unidentified diving petrel (Pelecanoides sp.); spsk, South polar skua (Catharacta maccormicki).