Beached birds and physical forcing in the California Current System

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 352, Issue , 2007, Pages 275-288

  Parrish, Julia K ^a   Bond, Nicholas ^a   Nevins, Hannah ^b   Mantua, Nathan ^a   Loeffel, Robert ^c   Peterson, William T ^d   Harvey, James T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service ^*  (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brandt's cormorant; Cassin's auklet; Common murre; Rhinoceros auklet; Seabird; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOOD WEB; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CERORHINCA; CERORHINCA MONOCERATA; PHALACROCORAX; URIA AALGE;

EID: 38949190241     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07077     Document Type: Article

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