Effects of winter fishery activities on resting numbers, food and body condition of large gulls Larus argentatus and L. marinus in the south-eastern North Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 194, Issue , 2000, Pages 241-247

  Huppop O ^a   Wurm, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body condition; Fisheries; Fishery discards; Food; Great black backed gull; Herring gull; North Sea; Resting numbers

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FISHERY DISCARD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD;

GERMANY; HELGOLAND; NORTH SEA; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS MARINUS;

EID: 0342803875     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps194241     Document Type: Article

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