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For example, stable isotope analysis on marbled murrelets, a seabird, in California between the early 1900s and early 2000s, revealed a huge shift in their diets, from sardines to krill.
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Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
The league purchased the land two years ago for $3.5 million funded by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to provide habitat for endangered northern spotted owl and marbled murrelet to mitigate other environmental damage by the utility.
—Brian Melley, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2022
Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
The league purchased the land two years ago for $3.5 million funded by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to provide habitat for endangered northern spotted owl and marbled murrelet to mitigate other environmental damage by the utility.
—Brian Melley, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2022
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First Known Use
1862, in the meaning defined above
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“Murrelet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murrelet. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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