Quantifying pursuit-diving seabirds’ associations with fine-scale physical features in tidal stream environments

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1653-1666

  Waggitt, James J ^a,b,c   Cazenave, Pierre W ^d   Torres, Ricardo ^d   Williamson, Benjamin J ^b   Scott, Beth E ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bathymetry; Cepphus grylle; foraging ecology; Fratercula arctica; FVCOM; hydrodynamics; Phalacrocorax aristotelis; tidal stream turbines; Uria aalge

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIVING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INSTALLATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEABIRD; TURBINE; TURBULENCE;

ALCIDAE; CEPPHUS GRYLLE; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 84966699564     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12646     Document Type: Article

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