Food habits of great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo hanedae at Lake Biwa, Japan, with special reference to ayu Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis

Fisheries Science

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 477-484

  Takahashi, Tetsumi ^a   Kameda, Kayoko ^b   Kawamura, Megumi ^c   Nakajima, Tsuneo ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LAKE BIWA MUSEUM   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diets; Feeding impact; Seasonal variation; Stomach contents

Indexed keywords

AVES; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; PLECOGLOSSUS ALTIVELIS; PLECOGLOSSUS ALTIVELIS ALTIVELIS;

EID: 33745034036     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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