Xantus's Murrelet breeding relative to prey abundance and oceanographic conditions in the Southern California Bight

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-121

  Roth, Jennifer E ^a   Sydeman, William J ^a   Martin, Paige L ^b  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Channel Islands National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding biology; Oceanographic conditions; Prey abundance; Santa Barbara Island; Southern California Bight; Xantus's Murrelet

Indexed keywords

PREY SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEABIRD;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA BARBARA ISLAND; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; UNITED STATES;

COLOLABIS SAIRA; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS MORDAX; EUPHAUSIIDAE; MURRELET SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS; SEBASTES; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS HYPOLEUCUS;

EID: 33748300669     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: 10183337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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