Foraging ecology and ecophysiology of Cape gannets from colonies in contrasting feeding environments

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 422-423, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-38

  Moseley, Christina ^a,b   Grémillet, David ^a,c   Connan, Maëlle ^a,d   Ryan, Peter G ^a   Mullers, Ralf H E ^a   van der Lingen, Carl D ^a,e   Miller, Todd W ^f   Coetzee, Janet C ^e   Crawford, Robert J M ^g   Sabarros, Philippe ^h   McQuaid, Christopher D ^d   Pichegru, Lorien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Seabird Division   (South Africa)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e Fisheries Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries   (South Africa)

^f EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Oceans and Coasts   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body condition; Fatty acids; GPS tracking; Pectoral muscle thickness; Seabird foraging; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING POPULATION; COLONY; DATA SET; DIET; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FATTY ACID; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GPS; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MONITORING; MUSCLE; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; STOMACH CONTENT; SURVIVAL; TREND ANALYSIS;

BIRD ISLAND [EASTERN CAPE]; EASTERN CAPE; MALGAS ISLAND; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

AVES; MORUS (BIRD); MORUS CAPENSIS; SULIDAE;

EID: 84860828569     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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