Hydrographic features and seabird foraging in Aleutian Passes

• Main Authors: Ladd, C, Jahncke, J, Hunt, GL, Coyle, KO, Stabeno, PJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2005
• Subjects: Aleutian Islands; Aleutian Passes; convergences; Fulmarus glacialis; northern fulmar; Puffinus tenuirostris; seabird foraging; short-tailed shearwater; tidal fronts; trophic transfer; zooplankton; Fisheries; Oceanography; Fisheries Sciences; Bering Sea; Fulmar; Langmuir; Pacific; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2g64g6gv

Strong tidal currents crossing over the abrupt topography of the Aleutian Passes result in regions with high horizontal property gradients. These frontal regions vary with the tidal cycle and form the boundary between vertically mixed and stratified regions. Concentrations of seabirds were associate...