Ocean control of the breeding regime of the sooty tern in the southwest Indian Ocean

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Jaquemet, Sébastien, Le Corre, Matthieu, Quartly, G.D.
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'Ecologie Marine (ECOMAR), Université de La Réunion (UR), National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOC), University of Southampton
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2007
• Subjects: southwest Indian Ocean; Seychelles Archipelago; Chlorophyll; Mozambique Channel; SST; Seabirds; Sterna fuscata; Breeding phenology; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment/Ecosystems; Austral; Bird Island; Indian
• Online Access: https://hal.univ-reunion.fr/hal-01367532; https://hal.univ-reunion.fr/hal-01367532/document; https://hal.univ-reunion.fr/hal-01367532/file/Ocean_control_of_the_breeding_regime_of_the_sooty_tern.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2006.10.003

International audience Food availability, which is often seasonal, is regarded as a key factor in the breeding success of seabirds. In oceanic tropical areas, the resources are mostly patchy and ephemeral at the surface, and the seasonality is less marked than at higher latitudes. Such a situation i...