Foraging strategy of masked boobies from the largest colony in the world: Relationship to environmental conditions and fisheries

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 362, Issue , 2008, Pages 291-302

  Weimerskirch, Henri ^a   Le Corre, Matthieu ^b   Bost, Charles A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Clipperton island; Eastern tropical pacific; GPS; Sula dactylatra; Tuna fishery

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISHERY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; PERCIFORM; SEABIRD;

CLIPPERTON ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

AVES; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE; SULA DACTYLATRA; SULIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 47949117365     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07424     Document Type: Article

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