Dietary change in Cape gannets reflects distributional and demographic shifts in two South African commercial fish stocks

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Green, David B., Klages, Norbert T. W., Crawford, Robert J. M., Coetzee, Janet C., Dyer, Bruce M., Rishworth, Gavin M., Pistorius, Pierre A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2014
• Subjects: Ecology; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Bird Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsu203; http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/72/3/771/31224115/fsu203.pdf

Abstract Seabirds are upper trophic level predators, and are often highly sensitive to changes in the availability of their prey. Altered prey assemblages resulting from fluctuations in oceanographic conditions may be mirrored by shifts in seabird diet. Long-term studies of dietary change in seabird...