The seabird community of the Peru Current, 1980-1995, with comparisons to other eastern boundary currents

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-144

  Spear, Larry B ^b   Ainley, David G ^a  

^a H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Benguela current; California current; Canary current; Community structure; Ecosystem change; Fish depletion; Peru current; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; FOOD WEB; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEABIRD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; HUMBOLDT CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

HYDROBATINAE; PELECANIFORMES; PUFFINUS GRISEUS;

EID: 68049124915     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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