Potential prey resources for Marbled Murrelets in central California

California Fish and Game

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 191-206

  Henkel, Laird A ^a,b   Harvey, James T ^a  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; CEPHALOPODA; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS MORDAX; GENYONEMUS LINEATUS; PISCES; SPIRINCHUS; SPIRINCHUS STARKSI;

EID: 33750979264     PISSN: 00081078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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