Predation on marine-phase Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) by gannets (Morus bassanus) in the Northwest Atlantic

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 602-612

  Montevecchi, W A ^a   Cairns, D K ^a   Myers, R A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

AVES; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS BASSANUS; SALMO; SALMO SALAR; SULIDAE;

EID: 0036383098     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f02-033     Document Type: Article

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