Pretty patterns but a simple strategy: predator-prey interactions between juvenile herring and Atlantic puffins observed with multibeam sonar

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Axelsen, Bjørn Erik, Anker-Nilssen, Tycho, Fossum, Petter, Kvamme, Cecilie, Nøttestad, Leif
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2001
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Lofoten; Norway; Røst; fratercula; Fratercula arctica; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z01-113; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z01-113

Predator–prey interactions between Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) and newly metamorphosed herring (Clupea harengus) were studied in the Lofoten-Røst area in northern Norway using a high-resolution multibeam sonar system. Attacks from diving puffins and predatory fish induced massive predator-...