Long-term decline in egg size of Atlantic puffins Fratercula arctica is related to changes in forage fish stocks and climate conditions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 457, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Barrett, Robert T ^a   Nilsen, Erlend B ^b   Anker Nilssen, Tycho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic puffin; Climate; Egg size; Fish stocks

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOREGION; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SIZE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; STOCK ENHANCEMENT; VOLUME;

NORWAY;

EID: 84862745329     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09813     Document Type: Article

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