Meeting reproductive demands in a dynamic upwelling system: Foraging strategies of a pursuit-diving seabird, the marbled murrelet

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 120-134

  Peery, M Zachariah ^a,d   Newman, Scott H ^b   Storlazzi, Curt D ^c   Beissinger, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Brachyramphus marmoratus; Diving behavior; Foraging effort; Foraging range; Marbled Murrelet; Radio telemetry; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 67650261276     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.080094     Document Type: Article

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