Individual and colony-specific wintering areas of Pacific northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 386-400

  Hatch, Scott A ^a   Gill, Verena A ^a,b   Mulcahy, Daniel M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; COLONY FOUNDING; DEEP WATER; MORTALITY; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 75449090698     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-184     Document Type: Article

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