Diet of bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) in the Azores, NE Atlantic

Waterbirds

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-362

  Neves, Verónica C ^a   Nolf, Dirk ^b   Clarke, M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique   (Bulgaria)

^c NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Bulwer's Petrel; Carangiidae; diet; Enoploteuthidae; luminescent prey; Myctophidae; stomach flushings

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; FISH; LUMINESCENCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; OTOLITH; SEABIRD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

AZORES; PORTUGAL;

AVES; BULWERIA BULWERII; CEPHALOPODA; ELECTRONA RISSO; ENOPLOTEUTHIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES; PYROTEUTHIS MARGARITIFERA;

EID: 80054946578     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.034.0310     Document Type: Article

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