Foraging ecology of Great Black-backed Gulls during brood-rearing in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Gilliland, S G, Ankney, C D, Hicklin, P W
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2004
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Five Islands; Common Eider; Meganyctiphanes norvegica; Northern krill; Somateria mollissima
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z04-124; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z04-124

We studied nesting ecology of Great Black-backed Gulls (Larus marinus L., 1758) in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, in 1988 and 1989. We documented diet, feeding rate, and meal size for chicks from hatching to fledging. In 1989, colonies consisted of about 350 nests on five islands. Brood size decli...