Changes in marine bird abundance in the Salish Sea: 1975 to 2007

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-17

  Bower, John L ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine birds; Puget Sound; Salish Sea; Strait of Georgia; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DECLINE; SEABIRD;

NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; STRAIT OF GEORGIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

AECHMOPHORUS OCCIDENTALIS; AVES; AYTHYA MARILA; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 70349873665     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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