Recent changes in the diet and survival of Atlantic puffin chicks in the face of climate change and commercial fishing in midcoast Maine, USA

• Published in: FACETS
• Main Authors: Stephen W. Kress, Paula Shannon, Christopher O’Neal
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2016
• Subjects: Atlantic puffin; puffin chick diet; forage fish; climate change; commercial fishing; Education; L; Science; Q; Hake; fratercula; Fratercula arctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2015-0009; https://doaj.org/article/a7b3acb42a694a5c86819703a0052e87

We examined the diet of Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) chicks at three midcoast Maine, USA, colonies during the years 2005–2014 and found that the puffins at each island have a distinct diet that has changed in recent years. White hake (Urophycis tenuis) is by far the most frequently delivered...