Inter-annual variability in diet of non-breeding pelagic seabirds Puffinus spp. at migratory staging areas: Evidence from stable isotopes and fatty acids

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 419, Issue , 2010, Pages 267-282

  Ronconi, R A ^a,b   Koopman, H N ^b,c   McKinstry, C A E ^b,c   Wong, S N P ^a,b   Westgate, A J ^b,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay of fundy; Fatty acids; Foraging ecology; Shearwaters; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BLOOD; BODY CONDITION; DIET; FATTY ACID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); BAY OF FUNDY;

AVES; CEPHALOPODA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; ILLEX ILLECEBROSUS; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS GRAVIS; PUFFINUS GRISEUS; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS;

EID: 78650127984     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08860     Document Type: Article

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