Comparative foraging ecology of planktivorous auklets in relation to ocean physics and prey availability

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 167, Issue , 1998, Pages 241-259

  Hunt Jr , George L ^a   Russell, Robert W ^a,c   Coyle, Kenneth O ^b   Weingartner, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethia cristatella; Aethia psittacula; Aethia pusilla; Biological physical coupling; Crested auklet; Least auklet; Parakeet auklet; Seabird foraging ecology; Tidal fronts

Indexed keywords

FORAGING; OCEANOGRAPHIC FACTOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALEUTAIN ISLANDS; PACIFIC;

AETHIA CRISTATELLA; AETHIA PSITTACULA; AETHIA PUSILLA;

EID: 2642651107     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps167241     Document Type: Article

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