Post-reproductive Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus spp., as a major nutrient source for large aggregations of gulls, Larus spp.

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 202-207

  Christie, K S ^a   Reimchen, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Carcasses; Consumption; Eggs; Gulls; Larus; Nutrients; Oncorhynchus; Salmon; Spawning

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; EGG PRODUCTION; GUANO; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REPRODUCTION; SALMONID; SEABIRD; SPAWNING; WATERSHED;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CLATSE RIVER; NEEKAS RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

LARUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS CALIFORNICUS; LARUS CANUS; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; LARUS PHILADELPHIA; ONCORHYNCHUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746031837     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v119i2.107     Document Type: Article

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