Colonial-nesting seabirds in the Chesapeake Bay region: Where have we been and where are we going?

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue SPEC. ISS. 1, 2007, Pages 93-104

  Brinker, David F ^a   McCann, James M ^a   Williams, Bill ^b   Watts, Bryan D ^b  

^a MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Skimmer; Brown Pelican; Chesapeake Bay; Climate change; Colonial nesting seabirds; Conservation needs; Double crested Cormorant; Gulls; Sea level rise; Terns

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; HUNTING; NESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; SEA LEVEL; SEABIRD;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

GELOCHELIDON NILOTICA; LARIDAE; PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; RYNCHOPS NIGER; STERNA HIRUNDO; STERNA MAXIMA; STERNA NILOTICA;

EID: 42049111604     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0093:CSITCB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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