Impact of estuarine fronts on the dispersal of piscivorous birds in the German Bight

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 214, Issue , 2001, Pages 279-287

  Skov, Henrik ^a   Prins, Erik ^a  

^a Ornis Consult Ltd   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Estuarine fronts; Gavia stellata arctica; German Bight; Red throated black throated diver; Seabird foraging

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ESTUARINE FRONT; OSCILLATION; PISCIVORE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

AVES; GAVIA ARCTICA; GAVIA STELLATA; NIMBUS;

EID: 0035953407     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps214279     Document Type: Article

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