Foraging by murres (Uria spp.) at tidal fronts surrounding the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Decker, Mary Beth ^a   Hunt Jr , George L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Murres; Seabird distribution; Tidal fronts; Uria aalge; Uria lomvia

Indexed keywords

URIA; URIA AALGE; URIA LOMVIA;

FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; MURRE; OCEANIC FRONTS;

BERING SEA, PRIBILOF ISLANDS;

EID: 0029662827     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps139001     Document Type: Article

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