Tracking a northern fulmar from a Scottish nesting site to the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone: Evidence of linkage between coastal breeding seabirds and Mid-Atlantic Ridge feeding sites

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 438-444

  Edwards, Ewan W J ^a   Quinn, Lucy R ^a   Wakefield, Ewan D ^b   Miller, Peter I ^c   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

First passage time; Foraging behaviour; Marine birds; Mid ocean ridges; Northern fulmar; Oceanic fronts; Tracking

Indexed keywords

FIRST-PASSAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOURS; MARINE BIRDS; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; NORTHERN FULMAR; OCEANIC FRONTS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BREEDING POPULATION; COASTAL ZONE; FRACTURE ZONE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATIONAL PLANNING; NESTING; SEABIRD; TRACKING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; FULMARUS GLACIALIS;

EID: 84888206044     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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