Surf Scoters Melanitta perspicillata aggregate in association with ephemerally abundant polychaetes

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-64

  Lacroix, Deborah Lise ^a   Boyd, Sean ^b   Esler, Dan ^a   Kirk, Molly ^a   Lewis, Tyler ^a   Lipovsky, Sandy ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Columbia Science ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POLYCHAETE; SEABIRD;

MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33644527595     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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