Multiple-colony winter habitat use by murres uria spp. in the northwest atlantic ocean: Implications for marine risk assessment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 472, Issue , 2013, Pages 287-303

  Tranquilla, Laura A McFarlane ^a   Montevecchi, William A ^a   Hedd, April ^a   Fifield, David A ^a   Burke, Chantelle M ^a   Smith, Paul A ^b   Regular, Paul M ^a   Robertson, Gregory J ^c   Gaston, Anthony J ^b   Phillips, Richard A ^d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Geolocators; Murres; North Atlantic; Ocean habitat; Risk; Seabirds; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING POPULATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PARK; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RISK FACTOR; SEABIRD; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

LARIDAE; URIA; URIA AALGE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 84872691388     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10053     Document Type: Article

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