Diet and breeding performance of black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla at a North Sea colony

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 221, Issue , 2001, Pages 277-284

  Lewis, S ^a   Wanless, S ^a   Wright, P J ^a   Harris, M P ^a   Bull, J ^a   Elston, D A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammodytes marinus; Industrial fisheries; Predator prey interactions; Reproductive success; Sandeel; Seabird

Indexed keywords

DIET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHERY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NORTH SEA;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; AVES; CRUSTACEA; GALLIFORMES; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035909540     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps221277     Document Type: Article

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