Effects of the Juan de Fuca Eddy and upwelling on densities and distributions of seabirds off southwest Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-122

  Burger, Alan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continental shelf; Juan de Fuca Eddy; Seabird densities; Seasonal variations; Upwelling; Vancouver Island

Indexed keywords

EDDY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; LARIDAE; LARUS; LARUS CALIFORNICUS; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS GRISEUS; URIA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 8644274683     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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