Advection, pelagic food webs and the biogeography of seabirds in Beringia

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-154

  Piatt, John F ^a   Springer, Alan M ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Auklet; Bering Sea; Carbon flux; Chukchi Sea; Food web; Green Belt; Murre; North Pacific; Piscivore; Planktivore; Production; Seabird; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CURRENT; PISCIVORE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEABIRD; UPWELLING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

LARIDAE; LARUS; PHALAROPUS;

EID: 8644266210     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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