The impact of the sandeel fishery closure on seabird food consumption, distribution, and productivity in the northwestern North Sea

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 362-381

  Daunt, Francis ^a   Wanless, Sarah ^a   Greenstreet, Simon P R ^b   Jensen, Henrik ^c   Hamer, Keith C ^d   Harris, Michael P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 40849130163     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-164     Document Type: Article

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