Little Galloo Island, Lake Ontario: A review of nine years of double-crested cormorant diet and fish consumption information

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 182-192

  Johnson, James H ^a   Ross, Robert M ^a   McCullough, Russ D ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Double crested cormorants; Fish consumption; Lake Ontario; Little galloo Island; Phalacrocorax auritus

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; NUTRITION;

CORMORANTS;

LAKES;

DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PISCIVORY; WATERFOWL;

GREAT LAKES (LAKE ONTARIO); LITTLE GALLOO ISLAND; NEW YORK STATE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; AMBLOPLITES; AMBLOPLITES RUPESTRIS; ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; CYPRINIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036297255     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(02)70575-3     Document Type: Article

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