Mass occurrences of Sandeels (Ammodytes spp.) causing aggregations of diving ducks

Fauna Norvegica

Volumn 22, Issue , 2002, Pages 32-36

  Frengen, Otto ^a   Thingstad, Per Gustav ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aggregations of diving ducks; Effects on monitoring; Sandeels

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; FEEDING GROUND; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; WATERFOWL;

NORWAY;

AMMODYTES; AMMODYTES TOBIANUS; ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES; AYTHYA; BUCEPHALA CLANGULA; CLANGULA; MELANITTA FUSCA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 0036969271     PISSN: 15024873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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