Spatio-temporal variation in the diet of Cory's shearwater Calonectris diomedea in the Azores archipelago, northeast Atlantic

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Neves, V., Nolf, D., Clarke, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Cephalopoda; Cranchiidae; Histioteuthidae; Procellariiformes; Trachurus picturatus; Four Islands; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=238428

The diet of Cory’s shearwater Calonectris diomedea in the Azores was studied in four islands of the archipelago over four breeding seasons, using stomach flushings from 959 birds. Fish were identified from flesh, otoliths and vertebrae and cephalopods from flesh and lower beaks. The frequency of occ...