Several recent papers show that increasing sea surface temperatures (SST) in the North Atlantic are influencing seabird demography. Frederiksen et al. (2004) found that survival rates and productivity of Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla in southeast Scotland were negatively related to SST, and also that the presence of industrial fisheries reduced survival and productivity further. Grosbois & Thomp

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