Summer sandeel consumption by seabirds breeding in the Firth of Forth, south-east Scotland

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1141-1151

  Wanless, S ^a   Harris, M P ^a   Greenstreet, S P R ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammodytes marinus; Bioenergetics model; Industrial fishery; North Sea; Resource partitioning; Seabirds; Wildlife fisheries interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BREEDING POPULATION; FISHERY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FIRTH OF FORTH; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCA TORDA; AMMODYTES MARINUS; MORUS BASSANUS; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; STERNA HIRUNDO; URIA AALGE;

EID: 0032408697     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1998.0372     Document Type: Article

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