Diets of seabirds and consequences of changes in food supply

Research conducted by members of the Working Group on Seabird Ecology, on issues most likely to be raised within the ICES community concerning the foraging ecology of seabirds and waders, and the potential interactions between these groups of birds and fisheries.

1. A review of issues related to seabird consumption of fish and shellfish stocks, discards and mariculture as well as the trophic role and ecology of seabirds and waders: G. L. Hunt, W. A. Montevecchi, and M. F. Leopold.
2. Consumption of pre-recruit fish by seabirds and the possible use of this as an indicator of fish stock recruitment: S. P. R. Greenstreet, P. H. Becker, R. T. Barrett, P. Fossum, and M. F. Leopold.
3. Variation in prey taken by seabirds: M. L. Tasker, C. J. Camphuysen, and P.Fossum.
4. Evaluation of the role of discards in supporting bird populations and their effects on the species composition of seabirds in the North Sea: S. Garthe, U. Walter, M. L. Tasker, P. H. Becker, G. Chapdelaine, and R. W. Furness.
5. Exploration of the short-and medium-term consequences of a reduction in the amounts of fish discarded: M. L. Tasker, P. H. Becker, and G. Chapdelaine
6. Evidence for decadal scale variations in seabird population ecology and links with the North Atlantic oscillation: J. B. Reid, P. H. Becker, and R. W. Furness.
7. A review of the causes, and consequences at the population level, of mass mortalities of seabirds : C. J. Camphuysen, P. J. Wright, M. Leopold, O. Hüppop, and J. B. Reid.