Spatial variation in seabird density at a shallow sea tidal mixing front in the Irish Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 552-565

  Begg, Graham S ^a,b   Reid, James B ^a  

^a JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fulmar; Generalized additive models; Guillemot; Kittiwake; Manx shearwater; Razorbill; Variogram surface

Indexed keywords

MIXING FRONT; POPULATION DENSITY; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

IRISH SEA;

ALCA TORDA; FULMARUS GLACIATIS; PUFFINUS PUFFINUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 0031200799     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0259     Document Type: Conference Paper

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