Differential responses of seabirds to environmental variability over 2  years in the continental shelf and oceanic habitats of southeastern Bering  Sea

Yamamoto, Takashi; Kokubun, Nobuo; Kikuchi, Dale M.; Sato, Nobuhiko; Takahashi, Akinori; Will, Alexis P.; Kitaysky, Alexander S.; Watanuki, Yutaka

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2405-2016

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26 Apr 2016

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| 26 Apr 2016

Differential responses of seabirds to environmental variability over 2 years in the continental shelf and oceanic habitats of southeastern Bering Sea

Takashi Yamamoto, Nobuo Kokubun, Dale M. Kikuchi, Nobuhiko Sato, Akinori Takahashi, Alexis P. Will, Alexander S. Kitaysky, and Yutaka Watanuki

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In the southeastern Bering Sea, red-legged kittiwakes did not change their foraging locations largely in relation to the differences in marine environment between 2 years probably due to their reliance on myctophids, while thick-billed murres showed fluctuations in physiological condition and flexible foraging behavior on the shelf. These results suggest that the responses of ecosystem dynamics and seabirds to climate variability may differ between the oceanic basin and shelf regions.