New correction factors for the quantification of fish represented in pellets of the Imperial Cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 35-39

  Casaux, Ricardo J ^a   Barrera Oro, Esteban R ^a   Favero, Marco ^b   Silva, Patricia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BREEDING SEASON; DIET; FECAL PELLET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032471192     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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