Active acoustic examination of the diving behavior of murres foraging on patchy prey

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 443, Issue , 2011, Pages 217-235

  Benoit Bird, Kelly J ^a   Kuletz, Kathy ^b   Heppell, Scott ^c   Jones, Nathan ^d   Hoover, Brian ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Foraging; Predator prey; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACOUSTIC METHOD; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; CRUSTACEAN; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYDROGRAPH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; SEABIRD; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CEPHALOPODA; EUPHAUSIACEA; LARIDAE; POLLACHIUS; URIA;

EID: 84555203662     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09408     Document Type: Article

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