Atlantic Puffin ( Fratercula arctica) chick diet and reproductive performance at colonies with high and low capelin ( Mallotus villosus) abundance

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Baillie, Shauna M, Jones, Ian L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2003
• Subjects: Gannet Islands; Gull Island; Atlantic puffin; fratercula; Fratercula arctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z03-145; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z03-145

We compared nestling diet and growth, breeding phenology, breeding success, and adult mass of Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) between two seabird colonies adjacent to ocean habitat with presumed high and low capelin (Mallotus villosus) abundance in 1996–1998. We hypothesized that puffins at th...