Marine bird abundance around the Pribilof Islands: A multi-year comparison

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 16-17, 2008, Pages 1809-1826

  Jahncke, Jaime ^a   Vlietstra, Lucy S ^b   Decker, Mary Beth ^c   Hunt Jr , George L ^d  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Ecological balance; Environmental factors; Marine birds; Population dynamics; Pribilof Islands

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS;

BERING SEA; ECOLOGICAL BALANCE; ENERGY FLOWS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MARINE BIRDS; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; PLANKTIVOROUS SEABIRDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIBILOF ISLANDS;

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL PROTECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PISCIVORE; PLANKTIVORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD; WADER;

ALASKA; BERING SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

ALCIDAE; AVES; CYCLORRHYNCHUS PSITTACULA; LARIDAE; LARUS; OCEANODROMA FURCATA; PHALAROPUS FULICARIA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PSITTACIDAE; PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS; RISSA;

EID: 52249111645     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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