Estimating prey capture rates of a planktivorous seabird, the little auk (Alle alle), using diet, diving behaviour, and energy consumption

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 785-796

  Harding, Ann Marie Aglionby ^a,b   Egevang, Carsten ^c   Walkusz, Wojciech ^d   Merkel, Flemming ^e   Blanc, Stéphane ^f   Grémillet, David ^f  

^a ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^e NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Doubly labelled water; Dovekie; Foraging behaviour; Greenland; Time depth recorders; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BREEDING POPULATION; BROOD REARING; CRUSTACEAN; DATA SET; DIVING BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD WEB; HARBOR; METABOLISM; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PLANKTIVORE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; SEABIRD; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

ALLE; ALLE ALLE; AVES; CALANUS; COPEPODA; PINGUINUS;

EID: 67349163276     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0581-x     Document Type: Article

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