Sensitivity of tropical seabirds to El Niño precursors

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1175-1183

  Devney, Carol A ^a   Short, Michael ^b   Congdon, Bradley C ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

20 C thermocline; Anous stolidus; Australia; Breeding participation; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Great Barrier Reef; Precursor impacts; Productivity; Sterna bergii; Sterna fuscata; Western tropical pacific

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CHLOROPHYLL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WEATHER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANOUS STOLIDUS; STERNA BERGII; STERNA FUSCATA;

EID: 66149157861     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0634.1     Document Type: Article

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