Patterns in prey use among fur seals and seabirds in the Pribilof Islands

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 16-17, 2008, Pages 1897-1918

  Sinclair, E H ^a   Vlietstra, L S ^b   Johnson, D S ^a   Zeppelin, T K ^a   Byrd, G V ^c   Springer, A M ^d   Ream, R R ^a   Hunt Jr , G L ^e  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY   (United States)

^c Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Diet; Fur seals; Pribilof Islands; Sea surface temperature; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEXATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOLOGY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SALES; SQUIDS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN; BERING SEA; BETA-BINOMIAL; BODY SIZES; CROSS CORRELATIONS; DATA SYNTHESIS; DIET; DIET TRENDS; FUR SEALS; PELAGIC ZONES; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; SAND LANCE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRDS; TIME-SERIES;

LANDFORMS;

DIET; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; NEST SITE; PINNIPED; PISCIVORY; POPULATION DECLINE; PREY SIZE; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE USE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STOMACH CONTENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; BERING SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; SAINT GEORGE ISLAND; SAINT PAUL ISLAND [PRIBILOF ISLANDS]; UNITED STATES;

AMMODYTES HEXAPTERUS; AMMODYTIDAE; CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; CEPHALOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; PISCES; POLLACHIUS; RISSA BREVIROSTRIS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA; URIA AALGE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 52049111204     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.04.031     Document Type: Article

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