Foraging ecology of Cape Gannets (Morus Capensis) at Bird Island, Algoa Bay

• Main Author: Green, David Bruce
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 2013
• Subjects: Birds of prey > Behavior > South Africa > Algoa Bay; Gannets > South Africa > Algoa Bay; Birds > Breeding > South Africa > Algoa Bay; Bird Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020790; https://corycommons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:10725

The Cape gannet has undergone considerable population change and redistribution over the past 50 years. This has been linked to shifts in the abundance and distribution of their dominant prey, sardine and anchovy. Five breeding colonies, along the west coast of Southern Africa, have shown rapid popu...