Seabird predation on Arctic cod during summer in the Canadian Arctic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 450, Issue , 2012, Pages 219-228

  Matley, Jordan K ^a   Fisk, Aaron T ^b   Dick, Terry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black legged kittiwake; Boreogadus saida; Foraging; Glaucous gull; Kleptoparasitism; Northern fulmar; Schooling

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GADOID; KLEPTOPARASITISM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CORNWALLIS ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

AVES; BOREOGADUS; BOREOGADUS SAIDA; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS;

EID: 84859248571     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09561     Document Type: Article

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