Disaster Looms for Seabirds After Poor Breeding Season. By Frank Urquhart, Edinburgh Scotsman, 10/19/10. “Some colonies of seabirds in the Northern Isles have had their worst breeding season on record. The changes appear to be linked to the effects of global warming and a 70% decline in zooplankton reported in the north-east Atlantic since the 1960s, an PSPB Scotland officer said… The fall in zooplankton has led to a corresponding decline in the number of sand eels, the staple diet of several seabird species.”
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