Centurial and decadal oceanographic influences on changes in northern gannet populations and diets in the north-west Atlantic: Implications for climate change

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 608-614

  Montevecchi, W A ^a   Myers, R A ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Feeding ecology; Gannets; North west Atlantic; Oceanography; Seabird populations; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGE; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; OCEANOGRAPHIC FACTOR; POPULATION CHANGE; SEABIRD;

(NORTHWEST); ATLANTIC;

SCOMBER SCOMBRUS; SULA BASSANA;

EID: 0031200805     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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