Richard R. Veit
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Richard R. Veit has a total of 4 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
David Ainley
H.T. Harvey and Associates, PO Box 1180, Alviso, CA 95002, USA
1 shared publicationJohn Mcgowan
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
1 shared publicationPeter Pyle
Point Reyes Bird Observatory, 4990 Shoreline Highway, Stinson Beach, CA 94970, USA
1 shared publicationTerence Wahl
3041 Eldridge, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- 1 January 2000
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithology
- Vol. 117 (1) , 242
Vagrants as the Expanding Fringe of a Growing Population
- 1 January 2000
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithology
- Vol. 117 (1) , 242
Vagrants as the Expanding Fringe of a Growing Population
- 1 February 1997
- Published by Wiley in Global Change Biology
- Vol. 3 (1) , 23-28
Apex marine predator declines ninety percent in association with changing oceanic climate
Three time series of pelagic bird abundance collected in disparate portions of the California Current reveal a 90% decline in Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) abundance between 1987 and 1994. This decline is negatively correlated with a concurrent rise in sea‐surface temperatures; Sooty Shearwaters have declined while sea temperatures have risen. There is a nine‐month lag in the response by shearwaters to changing temperatures. The geographical scale of our study demonstrates that the decline of Sooty Shearwaters is not a localized phenomenon, nor can it be ascribed to a short‐term distributional shift. The Sooty Shearwater is the numerically dominant species of the California Current System (CCS) in summer (austral winter), with an estimated population in the late 1970s of 5 million individuals. If the observed warming of the waters of the California Current System is an irreversible manifestation of a changing global climate, then the impact upon Sooty Shearwater populations seems likely to be profound.
- 1 February 1997
- Published by Wiley in Global Change Biology
- Vol. 3 (1) , 23-28
Apex marine predator declines ninety percent in association with changing oceanic climate
Three time series of pelagic bird abundance collected in disparate portions of the California Current reveal a 90% decline in Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) abundance between 1987 and 1994. This decline is negatively correlated with a concurrent rise in sea‐surface temperatures; Sooty Shearwaters have declined while sea temperatures have risen. There is a nine‐month lag in the response by shearwaters to changing temperatures. The geographical scale of our study demonstrates that the decline of Sooty Shearwaters is not a localized phenomenon, nor can it be ascribed to a short‐term distributional shift. The Sooty Shearwater is the numerically dominant species of the California Current System (CCS) in summer (austral winter), with an estimated population in the late 1970s of 5 million individuals. If the observed warming of the waters of the California Current System is an irreversible manifestation of a changing global climate, then the impact upon Sooty Shearwater populations seems likely to be profound.