Fish abundance and the 1995 nesting season of the Least Tern at Bahía de San Jorge, Northern Gulf of California, México

Waterbirds

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-180

  Zuria, Iriana ^a,b   Mellink, Eric ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Beach seine net; Fish abundance; Foraging behavior; Gulf of California; Least Tern; Mexico; Nesting season; Sterna antillarum

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SIZE; SEABIRD;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JORGE BAY; SONORA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANCHOA; COLPICHTHYS REGIS; ENGRAULIDAE; LARIDAE; LEURESTHES SARDINA; STERNA ANTILLARUM;

EID: 23744483877     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2005)028[0172:FAATNS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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