Local depletion by a fishery can affect seabird foraging

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1168-1177

  Bertrand, Sophie ^a,b   Joo, Rocío ^a,b   Arbulu Smet, Claude ^a,b   Tremblay, Yann ^a,b   Barbraud, Christophe ^c   Weimerskirch, Henri ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Competition for prey; Fishery management; Guano producing seabirds; Peruvian anchovy

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROTECTED AREA; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD;

PERU;

AVES; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS RINGENS; SULA VARIEGATA;

EID: 84866549455     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02190.x     Document Type: Article

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