Seasonal changes in clupeids maturation constrains the food quality of chicks of the common guillemot (Uria aalge) : A case study of a potential mismatch, from the perspective of the common guillemot chicks on Stora Karlsö, the Baltic Sea

• Main Author: Delphin, Emelie
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre 2018
• Subjects: Common guillemot (Uria aalge); Sprat (Sprattus sprattus); Herring (Clupea herengus); Match-mismatch hypothesis; the Baltic Sea; Ecology; Ekologi; Gam; common guillemot; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-179312

Background: Common guillemots are integral elements of the Baltic Sea marine ecosystem. They possess life-history characteristics such as relatively long lifespan, quite low fecundity resulting in only one egg per breeding season – characteristics that make them particularly vulnerable to even small...