A spatial comparison of common guillemots and sandeels in Scottish waters

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 578-592

  Wright, P J ^a   Begg, G S ^b  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generalized additive models; Guillemots; Predator prey interactions; Sandeels

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FISHERIES; PREY SPECIES; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH SEA;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 0031200838     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0245     Document Type: Conference Paper

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