Modeled distribution and abundance of a pelagic seabird reveal trends in relation to fisheries

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 484, Issue , 2013, Pages 259-277

  Renner, Martin ^a,e   Parrish, Julia K ^a   Piatt, John F ^b   Kuletz, Kathy J ^c   Edwards, Ann E ^a,d   Hunt, George L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^e Tern Again Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleutian Islands; Bering Sea; Distribution shifts; Fisheries; Fulmarus glacialis; Habitat modeling; Population trend

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DATA SET; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; TIME SERIES;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

FULMARUS GLACIALIS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 84879354346     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10347     Document Type: Article

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