Day-to-day variation in sea-surface temperature reduces sooty tern Sterna fuscata foraging success on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 331, Issue , 2007, Pages 255-266

  Erwin, Carol A ^a   Congdon, Bradley C ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foraging success; Global warming; Great Barrier Reef; Sea surface temperature; Sterna fuscata; Within season effects

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GLOBAL WARMING; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

STERNA FUSCATA;

EID: 33947122109     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps331255     Document Type: Article

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