The annual mortality rate of Black-legged Kittiwakes in NE England from 1954 to 1998 and a recent exceptionally high mortality

Waterbirds

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-13

  Coulson, J C ^a   Strowger, J ^b  

^a New College ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Middleton St George College of Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Black legged Kittiwake; Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning; England; Mortality; Population; Rissa tridactyla

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORTALITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; TOXIC ORGANISM; WATERFOWL;

ENGLAND(TYNE AND WEAR); TYNE RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 0033369225     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521988     Document Type: Article

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