Centennial decline in the trophic level of an endangered seabird after fisheries decline

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 470-479

  Becker, Benjamin H ^a,b   Beissinger, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Point Reyes National Seashore   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Marbled Murrelet; Marine food web; Seabird diet; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD WEB; OVERFISHING; SEABIRD; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHERIES; FOOD CHAIN; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; MURRELET; SARDINOPS;

EID: 33645102232     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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