At-sea distribution, abundance and habitat affinities of Xantus's Murrelets

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-104

  Karnovsky, Nina J ^a   Spear, Larry B ^b   Carter, Harry R ^c,l   Ainley, David G ^b   Amey, Krista D ^d   Ballance, Lisa T ^e   Briggs, Kenneth T ^f   Ford, R Glenn ^g   Hunt Jr , George L ^h,m   Keiper, Carol ⁱ   Mason, John W ^c,n   Morgan, Ken H ^j   Pitman, Robert L ^e   Tynan, Cynthia T ^k  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f Danville Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^g RG Ford Consulting Company   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ Oikonos   (United States)

^j INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^k WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^l Carter Biological Consulting   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

At sea behavior; Distribution; Ocean habitat; Population size; Synthliboramphus hypoleucus; Xantus's Murrelet

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS HYPOLEUCUS;

EID: 33748319444     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: 10183337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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