Foraging ranges, diets and feeding locations of gannets Morus bassanus in the North Sea: Evidence from satellite telemetry

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 200, Issue , 2000, Pages 257-264

  Hamer, K C ^a   Phillips, R A ^a,b   Wanless, S ^a   Harris, M P ^a,c   Wood, A G ^a,d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Flight speed; Marine distribution; Pelecaniformes; Sandeel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000361245     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps200257     Document Type: Article

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