Reproductive performance, foraging effort, and diet of an apex predator, the common murre, at one of the largest nesting colonies in the California Current System

• Main Author: Stephanie R. Schneider
• Other Authors: Birgitte I. McDonald, Thomas P. Connolly, Daniel C. Barton
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Moss Landing Marine Laboratories 2018
• Subjects: California > Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge; Common murre; Pacific Ocean > California Current; Pacific; Castle Rock; Common Murre; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12680/gh93h450g

"A thesis presented to the faculty of Moss Landing Marine Laboratories." ABSTRACT: Common Murre (Uria aalge) are the most abundant avian apex predator nesting in the California Current System (CCS) and nesting is the most energetically demanding phase of their lifecycle. The preyscape with...