Biology of marine birds.pdf

Biology

MARINE

BIRDS

COVER PHOTOGRAPHS

Front Cover

(clockwise from top right)

Red-tailed Tropicbird (R.W. Schreiber)

Great Frigatebird (R.W. Schreiber)

Laysan Albatross — Adult protecting young chick (R.W. and E.A. Schreiber)

Back Cover

(top to bottom)

Shy albatrosses (H. Weimerskirch)

White tern with ﬁsh in its bill (E.A. Schreiber)

Masked Booby adult with chick (R.W. and E.A. Schreiber)

Jackass Penguin pair with young (R.W. and E.A. Schreiber)

Biology

MARINE

BIRDS

Edited by

E. A. Schreiber

Joanna Burger

CRC

MARINE BIOLOGY

SERIES

Peter L. Lutz, Editor

CRC PRESS

Boca Raton London New York Washington, D.C.

Senior Editor: John Sulzycki

Project Editor: Naomi Lynch

Marketing Manager: Carolyn Spence

Cover Designer: Shayna Murry

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Biology of marine birds / edited by Elizabeth A. Schreiber and Joanna Burger.

p. cm. — (CRC marine biology)

Includes bibliographical references (p. ).

ISBN 0-8493-9882-7 (alk. paper)

1. Sea birds. I. Schreiber, Elizabeth Anne. II. Burger, Joanna. III. Series.

QL673 .B53 2001

598.177—dc21

2001025898

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for

Ralph W. Schreiber, Gary A. Schenk, and Michael Gochfeld

For a lifetime of challenges, collaboration, stimulating discussions, and

companionable ﬁeldwork with the seabirds we love.

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