Elevated sea-surface temperature, reduced provisioning and reproductive failure of wedge-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus pacificus) in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 973-977

  Smithers, B V ^a   Peck, D R ^a   Krockenberger, A K ^a   Congdon, B C ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Forage fish; Seabird reproduction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS PACIFICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0742320028     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF02137     Document Type: Article

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