Distribution and behaviour of Common Scoter Melanitta nigra relative to prey resources and environmental parameters

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: Kaiser, M.J., Galanidi, M., Showler, D.A., Elliott, A.J., Caldow, R.W.G., Rees, E.I.S., Stillman, R.A., Sutherland, W.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Liverpool Bay; Melanitta nigra
• Online Access: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69084/; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00517.x

Offshore wind farms are proposed around the coast of the UK and elsewhere in Europe. These sites tend to be located in shallow coastal waters that often coincide with areas used by over‐wintering Common Scoter Melanitta nigra. A large‐scale study was undertaken to ascertain the relationship of the s...