Fishing vs. natural recruitment variation in sandeels as a cause of seabird breeding failure at Shetland: A modelling approach

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 788-797

  Poloczanska, Elvira S ^a   Cook, Robin M ^b   Ruxton, Graeme D ^a   Wright, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

kittiwake; sandeel; seabird breeding; Shetland

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING MORTALITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 4544276184     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.03.030     Document Type: Article

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