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Feeding ecology of adult Terns in the Belgian Part of the North sea [Voedingsecologie adulte Sternen in het Belgisch Deel van de Noordzee] Citation Data Institute for Nature Conservation. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/40 Contact: Stienen, Eric 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 Dataset on diet composition (species composition and fish length) of Sandwich tern adults in the outer harbour of Zeebruges, Belgium. Scope Themes: Biology, Biology > Birds, Coastal studies (e.g. shores, estuaries) Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Terrestrial, 20th century, Birds, Birds (marine), Chlamys, Diets, Food, Otoliths, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), ANE, Belgium, Brugge, Zeebrugge, Ammodytidae Bonaparte, 1835, Nereidae [auctt.], Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758), Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787 Geographical coverage ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions] ANE, Belgium, Brugge, Zeebrugge [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage May 2002 May 2003 June 2003 May 2004 June 2004 Taxonomic coverage Parameter Diet composition Methodology Diet composition: Analysis faeces Gathering of faeces in surroundings of 20 nests right before hatchin of eggs. Lab analysis: faeces are washed and food remains are seperated and analysed under binocular. Length of fish otoliths are identified and measured under microscope to a precision of 0,01 mm. Contributors Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO), more, data owner Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (IRScNB/KBIN), more, taxonomic identifier Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Leefmilieu, Natuur en Energie; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; Afdeling Biodiversiteit en Natuurlijk Milieu; Onderzoeksgroep Ecosysteemdiversiteit, more, data creator, data manager, taxonomic identifier Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO), more, data owner Related datasets Project TROPHOS: Higher trophic levels in the Southern North Sea, more Publication Based on this dataset 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. 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 Used in this dataset Leopold, M.F. et al. (2001). Otoliths of North Sea fish [CD-ROM]: fish identification key by means of otoliths and other hard parts. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam. ISBN 90-75000-22-7. 1 cd-rom pp., more Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research Release date: 2004-08-11 Metadatarecord created: 2004-05-10 Information last updated: 2016-08-08 | ||||
