Distribution, population status and trends of kittlitz's murrelet brachyramphus brevirostris in lower cook inlet and kachemak bay, Alaska

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-95

  Kuletz, Katherine J ^a   Speckman, Suzann G ^a   Piatt, John F ^b   Labunski, Elizabeth A ^a  

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

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyramphus brevirostris; Brachyramphus marmoratus; Habitat use; Kachemak bay; Kittlitz's murrelet; Lower cook inlet; Marbled murrelet; Status and trends

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SITE; COEXISTENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEABIRD; SPECIES INVENTORY; TREND ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; COOK INLET; KACHEMAK BAY; UNITED STATES;

BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS BREVIROSTRIS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 80052223790     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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