Influence of prey behaviour and other predators on the foraging activities of a marine avian predator in a low arctic ecosystem

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 404, Issue , 2010, Pages 275-287

  Davoren, Gail K ^a   Garthe, Stefan ^b   Montevecchi, William A ^c   Benvenuti, Silvano ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capelin; Diel vertical migration; Diet; Local enhancement; Memory based foraging; Whale seabird associations

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DIEL MIGRATION; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEMORY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD; TELEOST; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WHALE;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

AVES; CETACEA; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; MORUS BASSANUS; SULIDAE;

EID: 77954095923     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08370     Document Type: Article

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