Marine bird and cetacean associations with bathymetric habitats and shallow-water topographies: Implications for trophic transfer and conservation

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 79-99

  Yen, Peggy P W ^a   Sydeman, William J ^a   Hyrenbach, K David ^a,b  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Cetaceans; Cordell Bank, Monterey Canyon, Gulf of the Farallones; Habitat hotspots; Seabirds; Shelf break, California current system

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS; WATER;

AGGREGATIVE RESPONSE; CETACEAN; MARINE BIRDS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BATHYMETRY; CETACEAN; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SEABIRD; SHALLOW WATER; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CETACEA; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBLIQUIDENS; LARIDAE; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; PHALAROPUS FULICARIA; PHALAROPUS LOBATUS; PHOCOENIDAE; PHOCOENOIDES DALLI; PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS GRISEUS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 3142682728     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2003.09.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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