Physics, zooplankton, and the distribution of least auklets in the Bering Sea - A review

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 600-607

  Hunt Jr , George L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethia pusilia; Bering Sea; Biological physical coupling; Foraging ecology; Least auklet; Multi scale analysis; Seabird

Indexed keywords

FORAGING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PLANKTON; SEABIRD; WATER MASSES;

BERING SEA;

AETHIA PUSILIA;

EID: 0031200804     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0267     Document Type: Conference Paper

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