Winter pre-conditioning of seabird phenology in the California current

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 393, Issue , 2009, Pages 211-223

  Schroeder, Isaac D ^a   Sydeman, William J ^b,c   Sarkar, Nandita ^a   Thompson, Sarah Ann ^b   Bograd, Steven J ^a   Schwing, Franklin B ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FARALLON INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

California current; Cassin's auklet; Common murre; Ecosystem indicator; Phenology; Upwelling; Winter

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CHANGE; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHENOLOGY; SEABIRD; TIME SERIES; UPWELLING; WINTER;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 70450194824     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08103     Document Type: Article

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