Diet of black guillemots and northern fulmars breeding beside a High Arctic polynya

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 457-467

  Byers, Tim ^a   Smith, Alan ^b   Mallory, Mark L ^b  

^a Byers Environmental Studies   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Black guillemot; Diet; Northern fulmar; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; DIETARY OVERLAP; POLYNYA; PREY PREFERENCE; SEA ICE; SEABIRD; ZOOBENTHOS;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

ALCIDAE; AMPHIPODA; AVES; CEPPHUS GRYLLE; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; MYSIDA; POLYCHAETA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 77952421984     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0720-4     Document Type: Article

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