Status and trend of the Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris in Glacier Bay, Alaska

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-75

  Piatt, John F ^a   Arimitsu, Mayumi ^a   Drew, Gary ^a   Madison, Erica N ^a   Bodkin, James ^a   Romano, Marc D ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Brachyramphus brevirostris; Deglaciation; Distribution and abundance; Glacier bay; Global warming; Kittlitz's murrelet; Population trend; Seabird

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEABIRD; TREND ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; GLACIER BAY; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS BREVIROSTRIS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 80052236798     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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