Catch per unit effort, foraging efficiency, and parental investment in breeding great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo carbo)

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 635-644

  Grémillet, David ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ashmole's halo; Catch per unit effort; Daily food intake; Foraging efficiency; Parental investment; Phalacrocorax

Indexed keywords

BREEDING BIRD; CPUE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEABIRD;

PHALACROCORAX CARBO; PHALACROCORAX CARBO CARBO;

EID: 0031200753     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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