Investigating fine-scale spatio-temporal predator-prey patterns in dynamic marine ecosystems: A functional data analysis approach

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 481-492

  Embling, Clare B ^a   Illian, Janine ^b   Armstrong, Eric ^c   van der Kooij, Jeroen ^a,d   Sharples, Jonathan ^e   Camphuysen, Kees C J ^f   Scott, Beth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammodytes spp.; Biological physical coupling; Black legged kittiwake; Foraging ecology; Functional data analysis; North Sea; Rissa tridactyla; Sandeel; Tidal currents

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FEEDING ECOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TIDAL CURRENT; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

AMMODYTES; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 84859164099     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02114.x     Document Type: Article

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