Ocean warming and long-term change in pelagic bird abundance within the California current system

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Veit, Richard R., Pyle, Peter, McGowan, John A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: InterResearch 1996
• Subjects: Melania; Oceanodroma leucorhoa
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/52334/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/52334/1/3254.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps139011

As a result of repeated sampling of pelagic bird abundance over 3 x 105 km2 of open ocean 4 times a year for 8 yr, we report that seabird abundance within the California Current system has declined by 40% over the period 1987 to 1994. This decline has accompanied a concurrent, long-term increase in...