Schreiber R W, Schreiber E A
Science. 1984 Aug 17;225(4663):713-6. doi: 10.1126/science.225.4663.713.
The breeding chronology and reproductive attempts of the seabird community on Christmas Island in the central Pacific Ocean (2 degrees N, 157 degrees W) were interrupted by the 1982-1983 El Niño Southern Oscillation. The resultant reproductive failure and disappearance of the entire seabird community of this equatorial atoll represents the most dramatic interruption on record of a seabird community located distant from coastal upwelling. Our data indicate the effect that the abiotic and biotic aspects of a global atmospheric-oceanic anomaly have on marine birds. The 1982-1983 El Niño Southern Oscillation provides an example of selective pressures and a natural experiment in the study of vertebrate population dynamics.
位于太平洋中部（北纬2度，西经157度）圣诞岛上的海鸟群落的繁殖时间和繁殖尝试被1982 - 1983年的厄尔尼诺南方涛动打断。这个赤道环礁上整个海鸟群落由此产生的繁殖失败和消失，是有记录以来距离海岸上升流较远的海鸟群落最严重的繁殖中断情况。我们的数据表明了全球大气 - 海洋异常的非生物和生物方面对海鸟的影响。1982 - 1983年的厄尔尼诺南方涛动为脊椎动物种群动态研究中的选择压力和自然实验提供了一个例子。
