Diet studies of seabirds: A review and recommendations

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1675-1691

  Barrett, Robert T ^a   Camphuysen, Kees ^b   Anker Nilssen, Tycho ^c   Chardine, John W ^d   Furness, Robert W ^e   Garthe, Stefan ^f   Hüppop, Ommo ^g   Leopold, Mardik F ^h   Montevecchi, William A ⁱ   Veit, Richard R ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^g INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^j CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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Author keywords

Foodwebs; Large predators; Oceanographic comparisons; Seabird diet sampling

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; OCEANOGRAPHY; SAMPLING; SEABIRD;

AVES;

EID: 44149108230     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm152     Document Type: Review

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