Low energy values of fish as a probable cause of a major seabird breeding failure in the North Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 294, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-8

  Wanless, S ^a   Harris, M P ^a   Redman, P ^b   Speakman, J R ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding failure; Common guillemot; Energy value; Food intake; Junk food hypothesis; Lesser sandeel; Predator prey interactions; Sprat

Indexed keywords

FOOD INTAKE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; AVES; LARIDAE; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 21244439115     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps294001     Document Type: Article

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