Fish school selection by Marbled Murrelets in Prince William Sound, Alaska: Responses to changes in availability

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-76

  Ostrand, William D ^a   Howlin, Shay ^b   Gotthardt, Tracey A ^a,c  

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

^b WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Brachyramphus marmoratus; Distribution; Food; Foraging; Marbled Murrelet

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PISCIVORY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; SEABIRD;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEA PALLASI; ELEGINUS GRACILIS; GADIDAE; GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; MICROGADUS PROXIMUS; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 22244466764     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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