Diet and prey selection of cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) at Loch Leven, a major stocked trout fishery

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-201

  Stewart, D C ^a   Middlemas, S J ^a   Gardiner, W R ^a   Mackay, S ^a   Armstrong, J D ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioenergetic modelling; Cormorant; Phalacrocorax; Predator prey relationship; Trout; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

DIET; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; SALMONID FISHERY; SEABIRD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; LOCH LEVEN; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 26444540853     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905007387     Document Type: Article

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