Use of gannets to monitor prey availability in the northeast Atlantic Ocean: colony size, diet and foraging behaviour
(2006)
Book Chapter
Hamer, K. C., Lewis, S., Wanless, S., Phillips, R. A., Sherratt, T. N., Humphreys, E. M., Hennicke, J., & Garthe, S. (2006). Use of gannets to monitor prey availability in the northeast Atlantic Ocean: colony size, diet and foraging behaviour. In I. L. Boyd, S. Wanless, & C. J. Camphuysen (Eds.), Top Predators in Marine Ecosystems: Their Role in Monitoring and Management (236-248). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511541964.017
Large seabirds such as northern gannets Morus bassanus have very flexible time–activity budgets; this means that changes in variables such as foraging-trip duration could provide a rapid indicator of changes in food supply, an indicator that could no... Read More about Use of gannets to monitor prey availability in the northeast Atlantic Ocean: colony size, diet and foraging behaviour.