Energy content and digestibility of brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) and other prey items of eared grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) on the Great Salt Lake, Utah

Biological Conservation

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-254

  Caudell, J N ^a,b   Conover, M R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent digestibility; Artemia; Brine fly; Corixid; Eared grebes; Energy content; Great Salt Lake; Metabolizable energy; Podiceps nigricollis; True digestibility

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIBILITY; ENERGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

GREAT SALT LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA; CORIXIDAE; EPHYDRA; EPHYDRIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PODICEPS NIGRICOLLIS; PODICIPEDIDAE; TRICHOCORIXA VERTICALIS;

EID: 33645231867     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.12.018     Document Type: Article

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