Aircraft and vessel disturbances to Common Murres Uria aalge at breeding colonies in central California, 1997-1999

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-69

  Rojek, Nora A ^a,b   Parker, Michael W ^c,d   Carter, Harry R ^a,e   McChesney, Gerald J ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

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

^d Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^e Carter Biological Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aaircraft; Alcid; Castle Hurricane Colony Complex; Central California; Colonial waterbirds; Common murre; Devil's Slide Rock; Disturbance; Point Reyes; Seabirds; Uria aalge; Vessel

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BREEDING POPULATION; DISTURBANCE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SEABIRD; VESSEL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; POINT REYES; UNITED STATES;

ALCIDAE; LARIDAE; URIA AALGE;

EID: 43049111421     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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