Seasonal distribution of waterbirds in relation to Spawning Pacific Herring, Clupea pallasi, in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 366-370

  Sullivan, Terrance M ^a   Butler, Robert W ^b   Boyd, W Sean ^b  

^a RR1 ^*  (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Clupea pallasi; Grebes; Gulls; Loons; Pacific Herring; Sea ducks; Seabirds; Strait of Georgia

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAWNING GROUND;

CANADA;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; AVES; CLUPEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEA PALLASI; GAVIIDAE; PODICIPEDIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038728821     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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