Foods of Spectacled Eiders Somateria fischeri in the Bering Sea, Alaska

Wildfowl

Volumn 49, Issue , 1998, Pages 124-128

  Petersen, Margaret R ^a   Piatt, John F ^a   Trust, Kimberly A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Feeding Behaviour; Spectacled Eider; Winter Diet

Indexed keywords

DIET; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; WATERFOWL; WINTER;

BERING SEA; UNITED STATES;

SOMATERIA FISCHERI;

EID: 0032439657     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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