Seasonal ocean temperature and the survival of first-year little penguins Eudyptula minor in south-eastern Australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 454, Issue , 2012, Pages 263-272

  Sidhu, Leesa A ^a   Dann, Peter ^a,b   Chambers, Lynda ^c   Catchpole, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Research Department   (Australia)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Eudyptula minor; First year survival; Little penguin; Mark recapture; Phillip Island; Sea surface temperature; South eastern Australia; Temperature gradient

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FLEDGING; GLOBAL WARMING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

AUSTRALIA; BASS STRAIT; PHILLIP ISLAND; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EUDYPTULA MINOR; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84861401046     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09709     Document Type: Article

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