Responses to changes in prey availability by Common Murres and Thick-billed Murres at the Gannet Islands, Labrador

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Bryant, Rachel, Jones, Ian L, Hipfner, J Mark
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1999
• Subjects: Gannet Islands; Common Murre; Uria aalge; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z99-077; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z99-077

We quantified Common Murre (Uria aalge) and Thick-billed (Uria lomvia) Murre chick diets, chick-feeding rates, breeding success, chick growth, adult masses, and pair members' time spent together at site at the Gannet Islands, Labrador, in 1996 and 1997, after a decline in capelin (Mallotus vill...