Fishing in the dark: a pursuit-diving seabird modifies foraging behaviour in response to nocturnal light levels.

Visual predators tend not to hunt during periods when efficiency is compromised by low light levels. Yet common murres, a species considered a diurnal visual predator, frequently dive at night. To study foraging of murres under different light conditions, we used a combination of archival tagging me...

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Main Authors: Paul M Regular, April Hedd, William A Montevecchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3202575?pdf=render