Monitoring planktivorous seabird populations: Validating surface counts of crevice-nesting auklets using mark-resight techniques

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 846-854

  Sheffield, Lisa M ^a   Gall, Adrian E ^a,c   Roby, Daniel D ^a   Irons, David B ^b   Dugger, Katie M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c ABR Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONDITION MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

MARK-RESIGHT TECHNIQUES; PLANKTIVOROUS SEABIRD POPULATIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMONITORING; BREEDING POPULATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NESTING; PLANKTIVORE; SEABIRD; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AETHIA; AETHIA PUSILLA;

EID: 33750200231     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-061     Document Type: Article

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