Relationship between cod fishery activities and the population of herring gulls on the North Shore of the Gulf of St Lawrence, Quebec, Canada

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 708-713

  Chapdelaine, Gilles ^a   Rail, Jean François ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cod fishery; Gulf of St Lawrence; Herring gull

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GADOID FISHERY; SEABIRD;

CANADA; GULF OF ST LAWRENCE; QUEBEC;

GADUS MORHUA; LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 0031200834     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0248     Document Type: Conference Paper

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