Diet and feeding ecology of Cory's shearwater Calonectris diomedea in the Azores, north-east Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 267-276

  Granadeiro, José P ^a,b   Monteiro, Luís R ^c   Furness, Robert W ^b  

^a Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cephalopod; Feeding ecology; Pelagic fish; Seabird

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC; AZORES;

CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; CAPROS APER; CEPHALOPODA; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA; EQUUS CABALLUS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; MACRORHAMPHOSUS; NANYCHTHYS SIMULANS; PROCELLARIIFORMES; RASTRELLIGER; SCOMBER JAPONICUS; SCOMBERESOCIDAE; SCOMBERESOX SAURUS; TRACHURUS PICTURATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032575049     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps166267     Document Type: Article

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