Comparison of colonial breeding seabirds in the eastern Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-173

  Stephensen, Shawn W ^a   Irons, David B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aethia; Auklets; Bering Sea; Distribution; Murres; Oceanography; Piscivores; Planktivores; Uria

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COLONIAL BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PISCIVORE; PLANKTIVORE; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BERING SEA; GULF OF ALASKA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

AETHIA; AETHIA CRISTATELLA; AETHIA PUSILLA; AVES; CANIDAE; CRISTATELLA; LARIDAE; URIA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 8644263958     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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