Summer-time use of west coast US National Marine Sanctuaries by migrating sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 156, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-116

  Adams, Josh ^a   MacLeod, Catriona ^b   Suryan, Robert M ^c   David Hyrenbach, K ^d   Harvey, James T ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OCEANIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current; Ecosystem management; Habitat hotspots; Indicator species; Marine spatial planning; Protected areas; Satellite telemetry; Seabirds; Space use

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION; CAPTURE METHOD; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEABIRD; SUMMER; TELEMETRY;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WEST COAST [SOUTH ISLAND];

AVES; CEPHALOPODA; EUPHAUSIACEA; PISCES; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS GRISEUS;

EID: 84871918351     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.032     Document Type: Article

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