The importance of lipid-rich fish prey for Cape gannet chick growth: Are fishery discards an alternative?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2244-2252

  Mullers, Ralf H E ^a,b   Navarro, René A ^b   Crawford, Robert J M ^c   Underhill, Les G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Marine and Coastal Management ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Benguela; Chick growth; Diet quality; Food availability; Morus capensis

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CLUPEOID; GROWTH RATE; LIPID; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA; ANGOLA; BENGUELA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS CAPENSIS; SARDINOPS SAGAX;

EID: 70450215264     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp210     Document Type: Article

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