Data from: The stress hormone corticosterone in a marine top-predator reflects short-term changes in food availability

• Main Authors: Barrett, Robert T., Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Sandvik, Hanno, Myksvoll, Mari S., Jenni-Eiermann, Susi, Kristensen, Ditte L., Moum, Truls, Reiertsen, Tone K., Vikebø, Frode
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: corticosterone; CORT; food availability; prey abundance; larval drift model; Barents Sea; Hornøya; Norway; Gadus morhua; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.79977; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cb5h8

In many seabird studies, single annual proxies of prey abundance have been used to explain variability in breeding performance, but much more important is probably the timing of prey availability relative to the breeding season when energy demand is at a maximum. Until now, intraseasonal variation i...