Capelin (Mallotus villosus) as an important food source for northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) breeding at Bjørnøya (Bear Island), Barents Sea

• Main Authors: Chastel, Olivier, Cherel, Yves, Weimerskirch, Henri
• Other Authors: Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2001
• Subjects: transponders; Arctic; pelagic ecosystem; procellariiform; satellite tracking; envir; hist; Barents Sea; Bear Island; Bjørnøya; atlantic cod; Fulmarus glacialis; Gadus morhua; Zooplankton
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1006/jmse.2000.1017; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00192435

International audience The food and feeding ecology of northern fulmars Fulmarus glacialis was investigated in July 1999 at Bjørnøya (Bear Island). Fulmars relied almost exclusively on fish during the brooding period. The main fish prey was capelin Mallotus villosus (87.0% by reconstituted mass), At...