Stable foraging areas and variable chick diet in Cassin's auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) off southern California

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1578-1595

  Adams, Josh ^a,c   Takekawa, John Y ^a   Carter, Harry R ^b,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NUTRITION; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER;

BREEDING SEASONS; CHICK DIET; PLANKTIVOROUS SEABIRDS; RADIO-MARKED PARENTS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; PLANKTIVORY; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); WORLD;

CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; EUPHAUSIA PACIFICA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; PISCES; PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS; THYSANOESSA SPINIFERA;

EID: 22744454599     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z04-140     Document Type: Article

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