Mortality of seabirds during "El Niño 1997-98" in southern littoral of San Juan of Marcona, Ica -Peru

The death rate of seabirds population at southern guano Point of San Juan of Marcona was evaluated among August of 1997 and April of 1998. Species of exclusively pelagic feeding, and restricted distribution to the scope of Peruvian Current, as guano birds Pelecanus thagus, Sula variegata, and Phalac...

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Autores: Apaza, Manuel, Figari, Aída
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1999
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/8436
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/8436
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Aves marinas
mortandad
El Niño
San Juan de Marcona
lca
Seabirds
mortality
San Juan of Marcona
lca.
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Sumario:The death rate of seabirds population at southern guano Point of San Juan of Marcona was evaluated among August of 1997 and April of 1998. Species of exclusively pelagic feeding, and restricted distribution to the scope of Peruvian Current, as guano birds Pelecanus thagus, Sula variegata, and Phalacrocorax bougainvillii; the Humboldt penguin Spheniscus humboldti, and the Inca tern Larosterna inca showed a significant correlation in monthly behave. It is related with sea surface temperature and with the absent of anchovy Engraulis ringens during "El Niño" event. Other species considered in the analysis showed a different death-rate, as Franklin's sea-gull Larus pipixcan and gray sea-gull Larus modestus, in both cases the species fed of alternative resources as Cafosoma sp. and Emerita analoga, respectively.