Feeding ecology of Terns chicks in the Belgian Part of the North sea [Voedingsecologie Sternen (jongen) in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee]
Citation
Data Institute for Nature Conservation. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/41
Availability: Unrestricted after moratorium period
Data are initially restricted, but the access condition relaxes to academic or unrestricted once a specified period of time after an event (such as collection, publication, completion of QC procedures or project cessation) has elapsed Description
Database on diet composition (species composition and fish length) of Sandwich tern chicks in the outer harbour of Zeebruges, Belgium. Scope Themes: Biology, Biology > Birds, Coastal studies (e.g. shores, estuaries) Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Terrestrial, Birds, Birds (marine), Diets, Food, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), ANE, Belgium, Brugge, Zeebrugge, Ammodytidae Bonaparte, 1835, Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816, Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816, Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758, Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787 Geographical coverage ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions] ANE, Belgium, Brugge, Zeebrugge [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
15 May 2002 - 30 June 2002 15 May 2003 - 30 June 2003 May 2004 - June 2004 Taxonomic coverage
Parameters
Diet composition: Observations from a hide Observations on prey carrying parents (parents are distinguished by color markes, rings or feather characterstics) from a hide placed at two meters from the colony. Prey are identified to taxon level and prey length is estimated. Fate of the prey is classified as follows; eten by the chick, robbed by gulls, robbed by terns, lost otherwise. Chicks are individually color-marked and held within an enclosure. Registration of foraging trip duration. Foraging trip duration: Observations from a hide Observations on prey carrying parents (parents are distinguished by color markes, rings or feather characterstics) from a hide placed at two meters from the colony. Prey are identified to taxon level and prey length is estimated. Fate of the prey is classified as follows; eten by the chick, robbed by gulls, robbed by terns, lost otherwise. Chicks are individually color-marked and held within an enclosure. Registration of foraging trip duration. Contributors
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Project
TROPHOS: Higher trophic levels in the Southern North Sea, more
Grant agreement ID EV/25
Publication
Based on this dataset
Stienen, E.W.M.; Brenninkmeijer, A. (2005). Foraging decisions of Sandwich Terns in the presence of kleptoparasitising gulls, in: Stienen, E.W.M. Living with gulls: trading off food and predation in the Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis. Alterra Scientific Contributions, 15: pp. 61-79, more
Stienen, E.W.M. et al. (2005). Reflections of a specialist: patterns in food provisioning and foraging conditions in Sandwich Terns Sterna sandvicensis, in: Stienen, E.W.M. Living with gulls: trading off food and predation in the Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis. Alterra Scientific Contributions, 15: pp. 15-37, more
Stienen, E.W.M.; Brenninkmeijer, A. (2002). Foraging decisions of Sandwich Terns in the presence of kleptoparasitising gulls. The Auk 119(2): 473-486. https://dx.doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2002)119[0473:FDOSTI]2.0.CO;2, more
Stienen, E.W.M. et al. (2000). Reflections of a specialist: patterns in food provisioning and foraging conditions in Sandwich Terns Sterna sandvicensis. Ardea 88(1): 33-49, more
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2004-05-10
Information last updated: 2015-12-03
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