Scale-related seabird-environmental relationships in Pacific equatorial waters, with reference to El Nino-Southern oscillation events

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 156, Issue , 1997, Pages 183-203

  Ribic, Christine A ^a   Ainley, David G ^b   Spear, Larry B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Currents; Eastern tropical Pacific Water masses; El Nino Southern Oscillation; Seabirds; Species habitat relationships

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BIRDS; EL NINO; ENSO; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT; SCALE-RELATED RELATIONSHIP; SEABIRD;

(EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; HYDROBATINAE; STERNA FUSCATA;

EID: 0030883695     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps156183     Document Type: Article

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