Structure and variability of the marine-bird community in the northeastern Chukchi Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-115

  Gall, Adrian E ^a   Day, Robert H ^a   Weingartner, Thomas J ^b  

^a ABR Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chukchi Sea; Community; Habitat associations; Hydrography; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; HYDROGRAPHY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MIXED LAYER; PLANKTIVORE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; CANADA; CHUKCHI SEA; KLONDIKE; PACIFIC OCEAN; YUKON TERRITORY;

AETHIA; AETHIA CRISTATELLA; ALCIDAE; AVES; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; LARIDAE; PHALAROPUS;

EID: 84885318102     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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