Status and distribution of the Kittlitz's murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris in Kenai Fjords, Alaska

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-22

  Arimitsu, Mayumi ^a   Piatt, John F ^a   Romano, Marc D ^a,b   van Pelt, Thomas I ^a,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c North Pacific Research Board   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Brachyramphus brevirostris; Distribution and abundance; Kenai fjords; Kittlitz's murrelet; Population trend; Status

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALASKA; KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS BREVIROSTRIS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 80052240517     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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