Availability and consumption of food by common eiders wintering in the Gulf of St. Lawrence: Evidence of prey depletion

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-38

  Guillemette, Magella ^a,c,d   Reed, Austin ^b   Himmelman, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PO B   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYTILUS EDULIS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS; ANATIDAE;

BIVALVE; BLUE MUSSEL; COMMON EIDER; GREEN SEA URCHIN; PREY DEPLETION; WINTERING;

CANADA, GULF OF ST LAWRENCE;

EID: 0029667994     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z96-005     Document Type: Article

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