Influence of physical factors and fishing activity on the occurrence of seabirds scavenging around shrimpers in the Wadden Sea

Senckenbergiana Maritima

Volumn 29, Issue 1-6, 1998, Pages 155-162

  Walter, Uwe ^a   Becker, P H ^b  

^a Institut für Chemie und Biologie des Meeres   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discards; Fishing activity; Fluctuation of bird numbers; Ship following seabirds; Shrimp fishery

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISHERY DISCARD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SCAVENGING; SEABIRD;

WADDEN SEA;

AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0032535815     PISSN: 0080889X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043953     Document Type: Article

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