Seabirds as indicators of the marine environment

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1520-1526

  Parsons, Matt ^a   Mitchell, Ian ^a   Butler, Adam ^b   Ratcliffe, Norman ^c   Frederiksen, Morten ^d   Foster, Simon ^e   Reid, James B ^a  

^a JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Food supply; Indicator; Marine health; Principal components analysis; Productivity; Sandeel; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOOD SUPPLY; GREEN ALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLICY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEABIRD;

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

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 53849090954     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn155     Document Type: Article

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