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Studies in Avian Biology
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Studies in Avian Biology
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Symposium Overview: Auks at Sea Prospects for Future Research
Spencer G. Sealy
Patch Use
The Influence of Hydrographic Structure and Prey Abundance on Foraging of Least Auklets
George L. Hunt Jr., Nancy M. Harrison, and R. Ted Cooney
Alcid Patchiness and Flight Direction near a Colony in Eastern Newfoundland
David C. Schneider, Raymond Pierotti, and William Threlfall
Hot Spots in Cold Water Feeding Habitat Selection by Thick-billed Murres
David L. Cairns and David C. Schneider
Seabird Diet at a Front near the Pribilof Islands Alaska
David C. Schneider, Nancy M. Harrison, and George L. Hunt Jr.
Winter Observations of Black Guillemots in Hudson Bay and Davis Strait
Anthony J. Gaston and Peter L. McLaren
Allocation of Time and Energy
Flexible Time Budgets in Breeding Common Murres: Buffers against Variable Prey Abundance
Alan E. Burger and John F. Piatt
Energy Expenditures, Activity Budgets, and Prey Harvest of Breeding Common Murres
David K. Cairns, William A. Montevecchi, Victoria L. Birt-Friesen, and Stephen A. Macko
Daily Foraging Behavior of Marbled Murrelets
Harry R. Carter and Spencer G. Sealy
Chick Rearing at Sea
Offshore Distributional Patterns, Feeding Habits, and Adult-chick Interactions of the Common Murre in Oregon
J. Michael Scott
Movements of Ancient Murrelet Broods Away from a Colony
David C. Duncan and Anthony J. Gaston
Diets in Relation to Prey Resources
Gelatinous Zooplankton in the Diet of the Parakeet Auklet: Comparisons with Other Auklets
Nancy M. Harrison
The Winter Diet of Thick-billed Murres in Coastal Newfoundland Waters
Richard D. Elliot, Pierre C. Ryan, and Wayne W. Lidster
Physical and Biological Deteminants of the Abundance, Distribution, and Diet of the Common Murree in Monterey Bay, California
Donald A. Croll
Auks in Peril
Decline of the Common Murree in Central California, 1980-1986
Jean E. Takekawa, Harry R. Carter, and Thomas E. Harvey
Numbers of Seabirds Killed or Debilitated in the 1986 Apex Houston Oil Spill in Central California
Gary W. Page, Harry R. Carter, and R. Glenn Ford
Differential Responses of Common and Thick-billed Murres to a Crash in the Capelin Stock in the Southern Barents Sea
W. Vader, R. T. Barrett, K. E. Erikstad, and K. B. Strann