Diet of auklet chicks in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska: Similarity among islands, interspecies overlap, and relationships to ocean climate

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-129

  Bond, Alexander L ^a   Jones, Ian L ^a   Williams, Jeffrey C ^b   Byrd, G Vernon ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethia; Aleutian Islands; Auklet; Climate; Diet; Overlap

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIET; GYRE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

AETHIA; AETHIA CRISTATELLA; AETHIA PUSILLA; AETHIA PYGMAEA; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; NEOCALANUS; THYSANOESSA;

EID: 84855308102     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0704-3     Document Type: Article

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