Diets and food-web relationships of seabirds in the Gulf of Alaska and adjacent marine regions

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6361636

Sanger, G A

Overall diets of 39 species of marine birds (four procellariiforms, three cormorants, six sea ducks, one phalarope, two jaegers, 17 gulls, two terns, and 13 alcids) inhabiting the Gulf of Alaska and adjacent marine regions are summarized with food-web diagrams, tables, and text. Diets of the Northern Fulmar, Sooty and Short-tailed Shearwaters, Pelagic Cormorant, Black-legged Kittiwake, Common and Thick-billed Murres, Marbled and Kittlitz's Murrelets, and Horned and Tufted Puffins are compared among seasons and geographic regions.

• Research Organization: National Ocean Service, Anchorage, AK (USA). Ocean Assessments Div.
• OSTI ID: 6361636
• Report Number(s): PB-87-192407/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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