Bioenergetics and food use of wintering and staging Atlantic brant

• Main Author: Ladin, Zachary S.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Delaware 2010
• Subjects: Bioenergetics; Brant > Food > Atlantic Ocean; Dee; Branta bernicla
• Online Access: http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/5952

I conducted behavioral and food sampling of Atlantic brant (Branta bernicla hrota) across their winter range on the northeastern coast of the USA. I used time-activity budgets to estimate daily energy expenditure (DEE) of brant. Sampling occurred 1 Dec -- 31 May 2006–2008 in eleven 225 km2 sites bet...