At-sea activity and diving behavior of a radio-tagged marbled murrelet in Central California

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-12

  Henkel, Laird A ^a,b   Burkett, Esther E ^c   Takekawa, John Y ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

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

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acitvity; Brachyramphus marmoratus; Diving behavior; Marbled Murrelet; Radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOTELEMETRY; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD;

ANO NUEVO BAY; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; MURRELET;

EID: 1842665588     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0009:AAADBO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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