Instead, the researchers speculate that the birds were responding to movements of their aquatic prey timed to the spring -
neap tide cycle, a hypothesis that could be confirmed through a study jointly tracking predator and prey abundance.
Not exact matches
The tidal range will change slightly each day due to local weather conditions and as the
cycle of the moon moves around the earth from
neaps tides to spring
tides.
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Neap tides are where the change between high / low
tide is smaller meaning little change in weight of the water during this tidal
cycle.