Spatio-temporal dynamics of ocean conditions and forage taxa reveal regional structuring of seabird-prey relationships

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1730-1747

  Santora, Jarrod A ^a,b   Schroeder, Isaac D ^c   Field, John C ^c   Wells, Brian K ^c   Sydeman, William J ^a  

^a FARALLON INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOAA SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchovy; Demographic response; Ecosystem oceanography; Forage fish; Krill; Management; Preyscape; Seabird reproduction; Seascape; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FORAGE; HYDROGRAPHY; MAPPING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ENGRAULIDAE; EUPHAUSIACEA;

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; FISH; KRILL; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; EUPHAUSIACEA; FISHES; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SALINITY; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907999187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1605.1     Document Type: Article

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