Moulting diving ducks and their food supply

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 297-307

  Einarsson, Árni ^a   Gardarsson, Arnthor ^b  

^a Myvatn Research Station   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Aythya fuligula; Aythya marila; Bucephala islandica; Chironomidae; Clangula hyemalis; Mergus serrator; Moult; Myvatn Simulium; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD SUPPLY; POPULATION SIZE; WATERFOWL;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; LAKE MYVATN;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; AYTHYA; AYTHYA FULIGULA; AYTHYA MARILA; BUCEPHALA ISLANDICA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLANGULA HYEMALIS; CRUSTACEA; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; HEXAPODA; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS; INSECTA; MARILA; MELANITTA NIGRA; MERGUS; MERGUS SERRATOR; PALAEOGNATHAE; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM VITTATUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042808228     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AECO.0000032055.49860.6f     Document Type: Conference Paper

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