文档介绍：Biology
of
Marine
Birds
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COVER PHOTOGRAPHS
Front Cover
(clockwise from top right)
Red-tailed Tropicbird (. Schreiber)
Great Frigatebird (. Schreiber)
Laysan Albatross — Adult protecting young chick (. and . Schreiber)
Back Cover
(top to bottom)
Shy albatrosses (H. Weimerskirch)
White tern with fish in its bill (. Schreiber)
Masked Booby adult with chick (. and . Schreiber)
Jackass Penguin pair with young (. and . Schreiber)
Biology
of
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, .
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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
—dc21 2001025898
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