Does location really matter? An inter-colony comparison of seabirds breeding at varying distances from productive oceanographic features in the Bering Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 178-191

  Harding, Ann ^a   Paredes, Rosana ^b   Suryan, Robert ^b   Roby, Daniel ^b   Irons, David ^c   Orben, Rachael ^d   Renner, Heather ^e   Young, Rebecca ^f   Barger, Christopher ^f   Dorresteijn, Ine ^f   Kitaysky, Alexander ^f  

^a ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Diving; GPS tracking; Prey; Provisioning; Shelf break; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DIVING; GPS-TRACKING; PREY; PROVISIONING; SHELF-BREAK;

STRESSES;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; DIVING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HORMONE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SHELF BREAK;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; BERING SEA; BOGOSLOF ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; SAINT GEORGE ISLAND; SAINT PAUL ISLAND [PRIBILOF ISLANDS]; UNITED STATES;

LARIDAE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 84884201886     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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