Working the day or the night shift? Foraging schedules of Cory's shearwaters vary according to marine habitat

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 467, Issue , 2012, Pages 245-252

  Dias, Maria P ^a,b   Granadeiro, José P ^b   Catry, Paulo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Diel vertical migration; Foraging behaviour; Sea surface temperature; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DIEL MIGRATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PHOTIC ZONE; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

AGULHAS CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); BENGUELA CURRENT; BRAZIL CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN;

CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 84868035458     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09966     Document Type: Article

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