Status and productivity of Common Eiders in relation to Great Black-backed Gulls and Herring Gulls in the southern Bay of Fundy and the northern Gulf of Maine

Waterbirds

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 253-262

  Mawhinney, Kimberley ^a   Diamond, Antony W ^a   Kehoe, Patrick ^b,c   Benjamin, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b New Brunswick Dept Nat Rsrc Ener   (Canada)

^c DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Bay of Fundy; Breeding population; Common Eider; Great Black backed Gull; Gulf of Maine; Herring Gull; Larus argentatus; Larus marinus; Somateria mollissima

Indexed keywords

PREDATION; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; WATERFOWL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; GULF OF MAINE;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANSER; CLUPEA HARENGUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS MARINUS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 0033364542     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1522213     Document Type: Article

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