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mso-endnote-continuation-separator:url(":36_1_25-34_files:header.htm") ecs; mso-footnote-position:beneath-text;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-title-page:yes; mso-header:url(":36_1_25-34_files:header.htm") h1; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="4098"> <o:colormenu v:ext="edit" fillcolor="none [4]" strokecolor="none [1]" shadowcolor="none [2]"/> </o:shapedefaults></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="3"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal>ELLIOTT, K.H. &amp; GASTON, A.J. 2008. Mass-length relationships and energy content of fishes and invertebrates delivered to nestling Thick-billed Murres <i>Uria lomvia </i><span style='font-style:normal'>in the Canadian Arctic, 1981-2007. </span><i>Marine Ornithology</i><span style='font-style:normal'> 36: 25-33.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='text-transform:uppercase'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal>We summarize data relating to the length and mass of prey items delivered by Thick-billed Murres to nestlings, or otherwise deposited on breeding ledges, at a number of colonies in Nunavut, Canada. These data are augmented from specimens taken by divers in the Nuvuk Islands area of northeastern Hudson Bay. Together, these records allowed us to develop predictive equations for estimating mass from length for the fishes <i>Stichaeus punctatus, Mallotus villosus, Leptoclinus maculates</i><span style='font-style:normal'>, </span><i>Gymnelus </i><span style='font-style:normal'>sp., </span><i>Eumesogrammus praecisus, Ammodytes </i><span style='font-style:normal'>sp., all Cottidae, </span><i>Triglops</i><span style='font-style:normal'> sp., </span><i>Liparis </i><span style='font-style: normal'>sp., and all squid (</span><i>Gonatus</i><span style='font-style:normal'> sp.) over the range of sizes typically delivered to murre nestlings. We also provide energy content on a dry weight and wet weight basis for several of these fishes and invertebrates. In addition, we list all prey species delivered to nestling Thick-billed Murres in the Hudson Strait and northern Hudson Bay regions over the past three decades.</span><b><i> </i></b><span style='font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Key words: Thick-billed Murre, <i>Uria lomvia,</i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><i> </i></span>Nunavut, diet, mass-length, <span style='font-size:11.0pt'><i>Stichaeus,</i></span><i> Mallotus, Leptoclinus</i><span style='font-style:normal'>, </span><i>Gymnelus</i><span style='font-style:normal'>, </span><i>Eumesogrammus, Ammodytes, </i><span style='font-style:normal'>Cottidae, </span><i>Triglops</i><span style='font-style:normal'>, </span><i>Liparis,</i><span style='font-style:normal'> squid </span></p> </div> </body> </html>