Seabirds in the central north Atlantic, September 2006: Further evidence for an oceanic seabird aggregation area

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-188

  Boertmann, David ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic Tern; Cory's Shearwater; Great Shearwater; Leach's Storm Petrel; Long tailed Skua; North Atlantic; Oceanic seabird aggregation area; Strip sampling

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; SEABIRD; STOPOVER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRANSECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CATHARACTA; HYDROBATINAE; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS GRISEUS; STERNA PARADISAEA;

EID: 84855508957     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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