Annual variation in the foraging behaviour of thick-billed murres in relation to upper-ocean thermal structure around St. George Island, Bering sea

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-298

  Kokubun, Nobuo ^a   Takahashi, Akinori ^a   Ito, Motohiro ^b   Matsumoto, Kei ^b   Kitaysky, Alexander S ^c   Watanuki, Yutaka ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering sea; Climate change; Diving behaviour; Ecological response; Seabirds; Thermocline

Indexed keywords

AVES; CEPHALOPODA; COTTIDAE; PLEURONECTIFORMES; POLLACHIUS; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 77949621925     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00243     Document Type: Article

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