Energy cost of vessel disturbance to kittlitz's murrelets brachyramphus brevirostris

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-21

  Agness, Alison M ^a,b   Marshall, Kristin N ^a,b   Piatt, John F ^c   Ha, James C ^a   Vanblaricom, Glenn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Brachyramphus brevirostris; Energetics; Glacier bay; Kittlitz's murrelet; Vessel disturbance

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; ENERGETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FITNESS; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SEABIRD;

ALASKA; GLACIER BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880122831     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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