A comparison of three methods to investigate the diet of breeding double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) in the Beaver Archipelago, northern Lake Michigan

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 567, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-67

  Seefelt, Nancy E ^a,b   Gillingham, James C ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alewife; Cormorant; Crayfish; Pellets; Regurgitate; Stomach contents

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; NUTRITION; OCEAN HABITATS;

ALEWIFE; CORMORANT; CRAYFISH; PELLETS; REGURGITATE; STOMACH CONTENTS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FISH; FOOD WEB; STOMACH CONTENT;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; ASTACOIDEA; AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 33746198757     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0064-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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