Feeding ecology and movements of the Barolo shearwater Puffinus baroli baroli in the Azores, NE Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 452, Issue , 2012, Pages 269-285

  Neves, Verónica C ^a   Bried, Joël ^a   González Solís, Jacob ^b   Roscales, Jose L ^b,c   Clarke, Malcolm R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

^d Rua do Porto 18 ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; At sea distribution; Barolo shearwater; Diet; Foraging behaviour; North eastern Atlantic; Puffinus baroli baroli; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BREEDING POPULATION; CEPHALOPOD; COLONY; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GADOID; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOVEMENT; PREDATOR; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); AZORES; PORTUGAL;

ARGONAUTIDAE; AVES; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; CEPHALOPODA; HYDROBATINAE; OCEANODROMA CASTRO; ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE; PHYCIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES; PUFFINUS BAROLI;

EID: 84860237821     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09670     Document Type: Article

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