Trans-equatorial migration and habitat use by sooty shearwaters Puffinus griseus from the South Atlantic during the nonbreeding season

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 449, Issue , 2012, Pages 277-290

  Hedd, April ^a   Montevecchi, William A ^a   Otley, Helen ^b   Phillips, Richard A ^c   Fifield, David A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Falkland Islands Government   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Atlantic Ocean; GLS loggers; Habitat preference; Nonbreeding distribution; Puffinus griseus; Trans equatorial migration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HABITAT USE; MIGRATION; MOLT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEABIRD; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PATAGONIAN SHELF;

AVES; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS GRISEUS;

EID: 84858144422     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09538     Document Type: Article

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