Inshore feeding behavior of Blue-footed Boobies Sula nebouxii at Manta, Ecuador, during warming conditions in the equatorial Pacific Ocean
Authors
NASTENKA ALAVA1, NASTENKA CALLE2 & JUAN JOSÉ ALAVA3,4,5,6
1Burnaby North Secondary School, 751 Hammarskjold Drive, Burnaby, BC V5B 4A1, Canada
2Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
3Previous address: School of Resource & Environment Management; Faculty of Environment, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada (jalavasa@sfu.ca)
4Fundación Ecuatoriana para el Estudio de Mamíferos Marinos (FEMM), Guayaquil, Ecuador
5Current address: Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
6Current address: Ocean Pollution Research Program, Coastal and Ocean Research Institute, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre, 845 Avison Way, Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC V6G 3E2, Canada
Citation
ALAVA, N., CALLE, N., & ALAVA, J.J. 2015. Inshore feeding behavior of Blue-footed Boobies Sula nebouxii at Manta, Ecuador, during warming conditions in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
Marine Ornithology 43: 165
- 167
http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.43.2.1126
Received 17 April 2015, accepted 27 April 2015
Date Published: 2015/10/15
Date Online: 2017/02/28
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