Utilization of discards and offal from commercial fisheries by seabirds in the Baltic Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 980-989

  Garthe, Stefan ^a,b   Scherp, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Diet; Discards; Fisheries; Gulls; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIET; FISHERY; FISHERY DISCARD; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BALTIC SEA;

AVES; BIVALVIA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; GADIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS CANUS; LARUS FUSCUS; LARUS MARINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PRIACANTHUS HAMRUR; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 0141797575     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3139(03)00099-7     Document Type: Article

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