Selective foraging within estuarine plume fronts by an inshore resident seabird
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Selective foraging within estuarine plume fronts by an inshore resident seabird
The distribution of predators relative to specific abiotic and biotic factors within estuarine plume fronts is largely unexplored due to the lack of fine-scale temporal and spatial oceanographic data. Defining preferred foraging conditions of seabirds in these areas is critical to identifying important foraging habitats. Here, we use data obtained from Ships of Opportunity to improve the way we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Marine Science
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2296-7745
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2015.00042