Characteristics of diving in radio-marked Xantus's Murrelets

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-159

  Hamilton, Christine D ^a,b   Golightly, Richard T ^a   Takekawa, John Y ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anacapa Island; Dive depth; Dive duration; Radio telemetry; Surface times; Synthliboramphus hypoleucus; Xantus's Murrelet

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY CAPTURE; SEABIRD;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS HYPOLEUCUS;

EID: 33748290076     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: 10183337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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