Annual prey consumption of a dominant seabird, the common murre, in the California Current system

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1046-1056

  Roth, Jennifer E ^a   Nur, Nadav ^a   Warzybok, Pete ^a,c   Sydeman, William J ^a,b  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b FARALLON INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics model; Common murre; Ecosystem based management; Top predators; Uria aalge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOENERGETICS; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; DIET; DOMINANCE; METABOLISM; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; PREY CAPTURE; SEABIRD;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CAPE BLANCO; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; POINT CONCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

AVES; URIA AALGE;

EID: 46249097944     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn077     Document Type: Article

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