Foraging at a front: Hydrography, zooplankton, and avian planktivory in the northern Bering Sea

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Russell, RW, Harrison, NM, Hunt, GL
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 1999
• Subjects: front; foraging; Bering sea; copepods; Neocalanus plumchrus; least auklet; Aethia pusilla; crested auklet; Aethia cristatella; Anadyr; Anadyr’; Bering Sea; Bering Shelf; Anadyr'; Copepods
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5zq693n9

We studied hydrographic structure, zooplankton distributions, and foraging by planktivorous seabirds in the Anadyr Strait, northern Bering Sea, during 4 summer cruises (1984-1986, 1993). The western portion of the strait was occupied by cold, dense Anadyr water that was mixed from top to bottom. Thi...