Seabirds : feeding ecology and role in marine ecosystems /

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Imprint:	Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.
Description:	viii, 408 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Sea birds -- Food. Sea birds -- Ecology. Birds -- Food Birds -- Ecology Birds -- Ecology. Birds -- Food. Sea birds -- Ecology. Sea birds -- Food.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/851968

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Other authors / contributors:	Croxall, J. P.
ISBN:	0521301785
Notes:	Includes bibliographies and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Scale-dependent processes in the physical and biological environment of marine birds
3. Flight of seabirds
4. Diving behavior and performance, with special reference to penguins
5. Kleptoparasitism in seabirds
6. The food and feeding ecology of penguins
7. Diet and feeding ecology of Procellariiformes
8. Pelecaniform feeding ecology
9. Feeding ecology of the Alcidae in the eastern North Pacific Ocean Kees Vermeer,
10. Trophic levels and trophic relationships of seabirds in the Gulf of Alaska
11. Energy flux to pelagic birds: a comparison of Bristol Bay (Bering Sea) and Georges Bank (Northwest Atlantic)
12. Trophic relationships and food requirements of California seabirds: updating models of trophic impact
13. Trophic relationships among tropical seabirds at the Hawaiian Islands
14. Historical variations in food consumption by breeding seabirds of the Humboldt and Benguela upwelling regions
15. Seabirds as predators on marine resources, especially krill, at South Georgia
16. Conclusions

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