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Predation on jellyfish and their associates by seabirds
Author(s) -
Harrison Nancy M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1984.29.6.1335
Subject(s) - puffinus , larus , uria aalge , jellyfish , biology , zoology , ecology , predation , kleptoparasitism , fishery , seabird , fish <actinopterygii> , herring
Scyphozoan jellyfish are preyed on by 11 species of birds in the Bering Sea: Fulmarus glacialis, Puffinus griseus, Puffinus tenuirostris, Oceanodroma furcata, Larus hyperboreus, Rissa tridactyla, Rissa brevirostris, Uria aalge, Uria lomvia, Cyclorrhynchus psittacula, and Aethia cristatella. Parasitic amphipods on scyphomedusae also contribute to avian diets.