Foraging spots of streaked shearwaters in relation to ocean surface currents as identified using their drift movements

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-64

  Yoda, Ken ^a   Shiomi, Kozue ^b,c   Sato, Katsufumi ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SURFACE WATERS;

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; CONTINUOUS MOTIONS; ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; OCEAN SURFACE CURRENTS; OCEANIC ECOSYSTEMS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SITU AND SATELLITE DATUM;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CONFLUENCE; FORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; MOVEMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE; SEABIRD;

JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; CALONECTRIS LEUCOMELAS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 84896695161     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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