The relationships of seabird assemblages to physical habitat features in Pacific equatorial waters during spring 1984-1991

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 593-599

  Ribic, Christine A ^a   Ainley, D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Habitat choice; Physical features; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS; SEABIRD COMMUNITY; THERMOCLINES; WATER MASSES;

EQUATORIAL; PACIFIC;

OCEANODROMA LEUCORHOA; OCEANODROMA TETHYS; PTERODROMA EXTERNA; PTERODROMA KEUCOPTERA; PTERODROMA NIGRIPENNIS; PUFFINUS PACIFICUS; STERNA FUSCATA;

EID: 0031200750     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0244     Document Type: Conference Paper

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