Low costs of salt turnover in common eiders Somateria mollissima

Ardea

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 23-30

  Nehls, Georg ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Naturschutzbund Deutschland   (Germany)

Author keywords

bivalves; energetics; excretion; food intake; Mytilus edulis; salt turnover; Somateria mollissima

Indexed keywords

AVES; BIVALVIA; MYTILUS EDULIS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 0030512615     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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