At-sea distribution and abundance of seabirds off southern California: A 20-year comparison

Studies in Avian Biology

Volumn , Issue 33, 2007, Pages 1-101

  Mason, John W ^a   McChesney, Gerard J ^a,b   McIver, William R ^a,c   Carter, Harry R ^a,c   Takekawa, John Y ^d   Golightly, Richard T ^a   Ackerman, Joshua T ^e   Orthmeyer, Dennis L ^c,d   Perry, William M ^d   Yee, Julie L ^d   Pierson, Mark O ^f   McCrary, Michael D ^c,f  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex   (United States)

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

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Aerial surveys; Density; Distribution; Seabirds; Southern California Bight

Indexed keywords

AECHMOPHORUS OCCIDENTALIS; LARUS; LARUS CALIFORNICUS; LARUS HEERMANNI; LARUS OCCIDENTALIS; LARUS PHILADELPHIA; MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA; OCEANODROMA HOMOCHROA; PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX PENICILLATUS; PHALAROPUS; PROCELLARIIDAE; PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS; PUFFINUS GRISEUS; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS HYPOLEUCUS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 33947586525     PISSN: 01979922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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