Temporal and spatial patterns in the diet of the Common Murre in California waters

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 691-705

  Ainley, David G ^a,d   Spear, Larry B ^a,d   Allen, Sarah G ^b   Ribic, Christine A ^c  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Pt Reyes National Seashore   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

annual and seasonal variation; Common Murre; diet; foraging area; foraging habitat; prey selection; Uria aalge

Indexed keywords

ANCHOA; BRACHYISTIUS FRENATUS; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CYMATOGASTER; ENGRAULIS MORDAX; EUPHAUSIIDAE; LARIDAE; LOLIGO OPALESCENS; MERLUCCIUS PRODUCTUS; SEBASTES; URIA AALGE;

EID: 0030459548     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369852     Document Type: Article

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