Effects of annual changes in primary productivity and ocean indices on breeding performance of tropical roseate terns in the western Indian Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 351, Issue , 2007, Pages 273-286

  Monticelli, David ^a,b   Ramos, Jaime A ^c   Quartly, Graham D ^d  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding; El Ni o; Indian Ocean; Inter annual variation; Ocean productivity; Seawifs seabird ecology; Sterna dougallii

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; EL NINO; LAYING DATE; PHENOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SEAWIFS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARIDE ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SEYCHELLES;

ALGAE; MULLIDAE; STERNA DOUGALLII;

EID: 38349063014     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07119     Document Type: Article

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