Foraging distribution of breeding northern fulmars is predicted by commercial fisheries

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Darby, J. H., de Grissac, S., Arneill, G. E., Pirotta, E., Waggitt, J. J., Borger, L., Shepard, E., Cabot, D., Owen, E., Bolton, M., Edwards, E. W. J., Thompson, P. M., Quinn, J. L., Jessopp, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Fisheries; Discards; Marine conservation; Foraging behaviour; Habitat use; Anthropogenic food source; Fulmar; Fulmarus glacialis
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/foraging-distribution-of-breeding-northern-fulmars-is-predicted-by-commercial-fisheries(200c317e-7d49-4922-b29f-5d4012715ae3).html; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13887; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/24701/1/Darby_2021_MEPS_Foraging_distribution_CC.pdf

Habitat-use and distribution models are essential tools of conservation biology. For wide-ranging species, such models may be challenged by the expanse, remoteness and variability of their habitat, these challenges often being compounded by the species' mobility. In marine environments, direct...