Seabirds: Feeding Ecology and Role in Marine Ecosystems

Abstract

This book is concerned with the ways in which seabirds function as predators in the marine environment; in particular about how they find and catch food and how much of it they consume. The first synthesis of these topics to be produced, it reviews both the feeding ecology of seabirds (including adaptations for flight and diving) and also most of the leading field studies (in polar, temperate and tropical regions) which have quantitatively examined the interactions of seabird communities with their prey.