Influence of hydrography, fishing activity, and colony location on summer seabird distribution in the south-eastern North Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 566-577

  Garthe, Stefan ^a,b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance; Colony; Fishery; Foraging ecology; Hydrography; North Sea; Principal component analysis; Seabird

Indexed keywords

FISHING ACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDROGRAPHY; NESTING SITE; SEABIRD;

NORTH SEA;

FULMARUS GLACIALIS; LARUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS CANUS; LARUS FUSCUS; LARUS MARINUS; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; STERNA HIRUNDO; STERNA PARADISAEA; STERNA SANDVICENSIS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 0031200756     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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