Declines in marine bird populations in Prince William Sound, Alaska coincident with a climatic regime shift

Waterbirds

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 98-103

  Agler, Beverly A ^a   Kendall, Steven J ^b   Irons, David B ^b   Klosiewski, Steven P ^b  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service ^*  (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Climatic regime shift; Marine birds; Oil spill; Pacific Ocean; Population changes; Prince William Sound

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; OIL SPILL; PISCIVORE; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ARATINGA; AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS BREVIROSTRIS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; BUCEPHALA; BUCEPHALA CLANGULA; BUCEPHALA ISLANDICA; CEPPHUS COLUMBA; CLANGULA; COLUMBA; CYCLORRHYNCHUS PSITTACULA; FRATERCULA CIRRHATA; FRATERCULA CORNICULATA; GAVIA PACIFICA; GAVIA STELLATA; HAEMATOPUS BACHMANI; HISTRIONICUS; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS; INVERTEBRATA; LARIDAE; LARUS PHILADELPHIA; MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA; OSTREIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PSITTACULA; STERNA;

EID: 0033393018     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521998     Document Type: Article

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