Spatial and temporal variation in prey use of common murres at two disjunct colonies in the California Current system

• Main Author: Eigner, Lisa E.
• Other Authors: Golightly, Richard T.
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt 2009
• Subjects: Time budgets; Foraging ecology; Diet; Video; Co-attendance; Uria aalge; Humboldt State University > Theses > Wildlife; California; Common murre; Breeding biology; Castle Rock; Common Murre; uria
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2148/561

I compared prey use and reproduction of common murres (Uria aalge) at two spatially disjunct colonies during 2006 and 2007 to examine if prey use of murres differed between locations and investigate how foraging ecology affects murre productivity. Prey items brought to colonies were identified utili...