Discontinuous change in ice cover in Hudson Bay in the 1990s and some consequences for marine birds and their prey

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1218-1225

  Gaston, Anthony J ^a   Smith, Paul A ^a   Provencher, Jennifer F ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic cod; capelin; diet; Hudson Bay; nestling growth; regime shift; sea ice; step change; thick billed murre

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GADOID; ICE COVER; NESTLING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OPEN WATER; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEA ICE; SEABIRD;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; COATS ISLAND; HUDSON BAY; NUNAVUT;

AVES; BOREOGADUS; BOREOGADUS SAIDA; LARIDAE; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 84865475636     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss040     Document Type: Article

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