Annual prey consumption of the Common Murre, a Dominant Seabird in the California Current

In this project, researchers compiled information on Common Murre (Uria aalge) population size, diet, field metabolic rate, prey energy densities and assimilation efficiency to estimate the bird’s annual prey consumption between Cape Blanco, Ore. and Point Conception, California.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sydeman, William J., Nur, Nadav
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: eScholarship, University of California 2008
Subjects:
common murre
prey energy densities
prey consumption
population size
Blanco
Common Murre
Uria aalge
uria
Online Access:http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7x40j6nk
Description
Summary:In this project, researchers compiled information on Common Murre (Uria aalge) population size, diet, field metabolic rate, prey energy densities and assimilation efficiency to estimate the bird’s annual prey consumption between Cape Blanco, Ore. and Point Conception, California.

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