Effects of environmental variability on different trophic levels of the North Atlantic food web

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 477, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-28

  Paiva, Vitor H ^a,b   Geraldes, Pedro ^c   Marques, Vitor ^d   Rodríguez, Rula ^d   Garthe, Stefan ^b   Ramos, Jaime A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (SPEA)   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental variability; Fisheries; Foraging behaviour; Habitat use models; Marine food web; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; COLONY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOOD WEB; HABITAT USE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84875181333     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10180     Document Type: Article

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