Seabird−fish interactions: the fall and rise of a common guillemot Uria aalge population

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Erikstad, Kjell E., Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Barrett, Robert T., Vikebø, Frode, Sandvik, Hanno
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2013
• Subjects: arctic cod; arktisk torsk; stock assessment; bestandsberegning; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Aquaculture: 922; Arctic; Barents Sea; Hornøya; Norway; Arctic cod; Arktis*; common guillemot; Gadus morhua; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/109206; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10084

A major challenge in population ecology is the prediction of population responses to environmental variance. Food availability has long been hypothesized to play a major role in regulating seabird populations. In general, seabirds feed on small pelagic fish and/or young age classes of larger predato...