Double-crested Cormorant movements in relation to aquaculture in Eastern Mississippi and Western Alabama

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-154

  Dorr, Brian ^a   King, D Tommy ^a   Tobin, Mark E ^a   Harrel, J Brent ^a   Smith, Patrick L ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catfish; Cormorants; Ictalurus punctatus; Phalacrocorax auritus; Predation; Radio telemetry; Roost dispersal; Roost harassment

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROOST SITE; SEABIRD;

ALABAMA; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CATFISH; ICTALURUS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 2942750096     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0147:DCMIRT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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