Top-down influence of resident and overwintering Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in a model marine ecosystem

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 903-914

  Harvey, C J ^a   Good, T P ^a   Pearson, S F ^b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas spp.; Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); Bucephala spp; Food webs; Larus spp.; Marine community ecology; Melanitta spp.; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BREEDING POPULATION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD WEB; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OVERWINTERING; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; SALMONID; SEABIRD; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ACCIPITRIDAE; ANAS; AVES; BUCEPHALA; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; INVERTEBRATA; LARUS; MELANITTA; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; PISCES;

EID: 84863202784     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z2012-059     Document Type: Article

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