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Stomach contents of seven Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus in the eastern North Pacific and Bering Sea


Authors

WILLIAM A. WALKER1, SHANNON M. FITZGERALD2 & PAUL W. COLLINS3
1National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98115, USA (mindwalk@msn.com)
2Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management Division, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98115, USA
3Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta Del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, USA

Citation

WALKER, W.A, FITZGERALD, S.M., & COLLINS, P.W. 2015. Stomach contents of seven Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus in the eastern North Pacific and Bering Sea. Marine Ornithology 43: 169 - 172

Received 20 February 2015, accepted 21 April 2015

Date Published: 2015/10/15
Date Online: 2017/02/28

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