Birds of the Hebrides: seabirds

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Section B. Biological Sciences
• Main Authors: Bourne, W. R. P., Harris, M. P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1979
• Subjects: General Medicine; Fulmar; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0269727000012859; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0269727000012859

Synopsis Coastal water moving north up the coast of Europe mixes with oceanic water from the Atlantic off the north of Scotland, which leads to a high marine productivity. In summer the mixing tends to be concentrated along fronts which form between the stratified water out at sea and that mixed by...