Kittiwake diets and chick production signal a 2008 regime shift in the Northeast Pacific

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 477, Issue , 2013, Pages 271-284

  Hatch, Scott A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

60 year cycle; Black legged kittiwake; Capelin; Climate change; Forage fish; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Prey relative occurrence; Steller sea lion

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CYCLE; DIET; INVERTEBRATE; NESTLING; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; TELEOST;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 84875150695     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10161     Document Type: Article

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