Seabird distribution, abundance and diets in the eastern and central Aleutian Islands

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 160-177

  Jahncke, J ^a   Coyle, K O ^b   Hunt Jr , George L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleutian Islands; Aleutian Passes; Biogeographic boundaries; Northern fulmar; Seabird distribution; Short tailed shearwater

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIET; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PREY CAPTURE; WATER MASS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CICONIIFORMES; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; NEOCALANUS CRISTATUS; PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS; NEOCALANUS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 28344436282     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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