The distribution of sea birds relative to their fish prey off Vancouver Island: Opposing results at large and small spatial scales

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 163-175

  Logerwell, Elizabeth A ^a   Brent Hargreaves, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

common murre; fish; foraging habitat; fronts; predator prey interactions; Puffinus griseus; Puffinus tenuirostris; shearwater; Uria aalge; Vancouver Island

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; COMMON MURRE; FISH PREY; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; MANX SHEARWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND;

PUFFINUS GRISEUS; PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 0030302398     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.1996.tb00115.x     Document Type: Article

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