Composition of chick meals from one of the main little auk (Alle alle) breeding colonies in Northwest Greenland

Polar Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1055-1060

  Frandsen, M S ^a,b   Fort, J ^a   Riget F F ^a   Galatius, A ^a   Mosbech, A ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b RAMBOLL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Calanus species; Chick diet; High arctic; Little auk; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; CRUSTACEAN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POLYNYA; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; THULE;

ALLE ALLE; CALANUS; CALANUS HYPERBOREUS; COPEPODA; PINGUINUS;

EID: 84903119027     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-014-1491-0     Document Type: Article

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