Marine habitat use of Peruvian boobies: A geographic and oceanographic comparison between inshore and offshore islands

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 940-951

  Zavalaga, Carlos B ^a   Halls, Joanne ^a   Dell'Omo, Giacomo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b Ornis Italic   (Italy)

Author keywords

GIS; GPS tracking; Habitat use; Peruvian booby; Remote sensing; Sula variegata

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CLUPEOID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING GROUND; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GIS; GPS; HABITAT USE; HYDROGRAPHY; ISLAND; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SHELF BREAK; WIND PROFILE;

LAMBAYEQUE; LOBOS DE AFUERA ISLANDS; LOBOS DE TIERRA ISLAND; PERU;

ANCHOVETA; AVES; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS RINGENS; SULA VARIEGATA; SULIDAE;

EID: 77953645251     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp298     Document Type: Article

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