Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo and polychaetes: Can worms sometimes be a major prey of a piscivorous seabird?

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-87

  Leopold, Mardik F ^a   Van Damme, Cindy J G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cormorant; Diet; Nereis virens; Phalacrocorax carbo; Polychaete; Vlieland

Indexed keywords

DIET; PISCIVORY; POLYCHAETE; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRIESLAND; FRISIAN ISLANDS; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; VLIELAND; WEST FRISIAN ISLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; NEREIS; NEREIS VIRENS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 1842865093     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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