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Titre :	The winter diet of the Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica around the Faroe Islands (2016)
Auteurs :	Michael P. Harris, Auteur ; Mardik F. Leopold, Auteur ; Jens-Kjeld Jensen, Auteur ; Erik H. Meesters, Auteur ; Sarah Wanless, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Ibis (158(3) July 2016)
Article en page(s) :	468-479
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés:	Northeast Atlantic ; diet analysis ; mesopelagic fish ; polychaete worms ; prey consumption ; sandeel
Résumé :	Most mortality of Atlantic Puffins occurs outside the breeding season but little is known about the species’ diet at that time. The stomach contents of 176 Puffins shot legally for food around the Faroe Islands between October and January in three winters were examined. The remains of 20 species of fish, six species of crustacea and single species of polychaete, chaetognathid and squid were identified. The most frequently recorded prey in terms of frequency of occurrence were 0 group (
En ligne :	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ibi.12272/abstract

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