Spatio-temporal variation in the diet of Cory's shearwater Calonectris diomedea in the Azores archipelago, northeast Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 70, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-13

  Neves, Verónica ^a,d   Nolf, Dirk ^b   Clarke, Malcolm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c Scottish Natural Heritage ^*  (Portugal)

^d SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blue jack mackerel; Cranchiidae; Diet; Histioteuthidae; Oceanic cephalopods; Procellariiformes; Top predator

Indexed keywords

FISH; NUTRITION;

BLUE JACK MACKEREL; CRANCHIIDAE; HISTIOTEUTHIDAE; OCEANIC CEPHALOPODS; PROCELLARIIFORMES; TOP PREDATOR;

MOLLUSCS;

BREEDING SEASON; CEPHALOPOD; OTOLITH; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEABIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

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

AVES; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; CEPHALOPODA; CRANCHIIDAE; CUBICEPS GRACILIS; DIAPHUS ADENOMUS; HISTIOTEUTHIDAE; MAUROLICUS; OMMASTREPHIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES; SCOMBERESOX SAURUS; TRACHURUS PICTURATUS;

EID: 84867651810     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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