Spring foraging distribution and habitat selection by Double-crested Cormorants on the Penobscot River, Maine USA

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-76

  Blackwell, Bradley F ^a,b   Krohn, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon smolts; Dams; Double crested Cormorant; Foraging distribution; Habitat selection; Phalacrocorax auritus; Salmo salar

Indexed keywords

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; SALMO SALAR;

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; HABITAT SELECTION;

USA, MAINE, PENOBSCOT RIVER;

EID: 0031398998     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521765     Document Type: Article

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