Diet and body condition of spectacled eiders wintering in pack ice of the Bering sea

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 259-267

  Lovvorn, James R ^a   Richman, Samantha E ^a   Grebmeier, Jacqueline M ^b   Cooper, Lee W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; DIET; OVERWINTERING; WATERFOWL;

BERING SEA;

AMPHIPODA; ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; BIVALVIA; CALCAREA; GASTROPODA; MACOMA; MACOMA CALCAREA; NUCULANA; NUCULANA RADIATA; NUCULANIDAE; SOMATERIA; SOMATERIA FISCHERI; TELLINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037663741     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0477-0     Document Type: Article

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