Distribution of Xantus' Murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus at sea in the Southern California Bight, 1995-97

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Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 268-279

  Whitworth, Darrell L ^a   Takekawa, John Y ^a   Carter, Harry R ^a,b   Newman, Scott H ^c   Keeney, Thomas W ^d   Kelly, Paul R ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Environmental Division   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS HYPOLEUCUS;

EID: 0034030694     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2000.tb04866.x     Document Type: Article

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