Seabird Diets

Common Murre Flock


Prey deliveries by Common Murres to chicks on Funk Island (1990 to 2000): (a) % gravid capelin, (b) capelin condition (Fulton's K), (c) energy delivery/capelin and (d) murre chick condition. (Davoren & Montevecchi, 2003)


Common Murre (top) and Atlantic Puffin (bottom) parental prey loads.


Distribution of murres (blue) and puffins (yellow) around Funk Island (red star) during 2005.


Contact

Dr. W. A. Montevecchi

230 Elizabeth Ave, St. John's, NL, CANADA, A1B 3X9

Postal Address: P.O. Box 4200, St. John's, NL, CANADA, A1C 5S7

Tel: (709) 864-8000