Differential response in chick survival to diet in least and crested auklets

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 308, Issue , 2006, Pages 279-291

  Gall, Adrian E ^a,c   Roby, Daniel D ^a   Irons, David B ^b   Rose, Ian C ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c ABR Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethia spp.; Anadyr current; Auklets; Bering sea; Chick survival; Climate change; Neocalanus spp.

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

ALASKA; BERING SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AETHIA; AETHIA CRISTATELLA; AETHIA PUSILLA; CALANUS MARSHALLAE; COPEPODA; NEOCALANUS; NEOCALANUS CRISTATUS; NEOCALANUS FLEMINGERI;

EID: 33644971851     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps308279     Document Type: Article

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