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| Jaquemet, S; Potier, M; Cherel, Y; Kojadinovic, J; Bustamante, Paco; Richard, P; Catry, T; Ramos, J; Le Corre, M. |
| Over 6-million pairs of sooty terns Sterna fuscata breed once a year in the southwest Indian Ocean, mostly on three islands of the Mozambique Channel (Europa, Juan de Nova and Glorieuses) and in the Seychelles region. Seasonal reproduction in either winter or summer is the dominant strategy in the area, but non-seasonal reproduction also occurred in some places like at Glorieuses Archipelago. The feeding ecology of the sooty tern was investigated during the breeding seasons to determine whether terns showed significant differences in their trophic ecology between locations. Regurgitations were analyzed to describe the diet of individuals when breeding, and stable isotopes and mercury concentrations were used to temporally integrate over the medium-term of... |
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Palavras-chave: Mercury δ 15N δ 13C fish larvae flying squid feeding ecology Seabirds. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4654.pdf |
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