The relationship between pink salmon biomass and the body condition of shorttailed shearwaters in the bering sea: Can fish compete with seabirds?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1718, 2011, Pages 2584-2590

  Toge, Kanako ^a   Yamashita, Rei ^b   Kazama, Kentaro ^a   Fukuwaka, Masaaki ^c   Yamamura, Orio ^c   Watanuki, Yutaka ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body condition; Competition; Marine ecosystem; Prey; Top predator

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CEPHALOPOD; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; GILLNET; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PREY CAPTURE; SALMONID; SEABIRD; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIRD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SALMON; SEA; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMASS; BIRDS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; OCEANS AND SEAS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SALMON;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; PISCES; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS;

EID: 79960855350     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2345     Document Type: Article

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