Factors influencing productivity of common loons (Gavia immer) breeding on circumneutral lakes in Nova Scotia, Canada

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 567, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 215-226

  Badzinski, Shannon S ^a   Timmermans, Steven T A ^b  

^a Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund   (Canada)

^b Bird Studies Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidity; Common loon; Dissolved organic carbon DOC; Fledging success; Gavia immer; Human disturbance; Lake; pH; Productivity; Reproductive success; Shoreline development

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CARBON; ECOLOGY; LAKES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

COMMON LOON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON DOC; FLEDGING SUCCESS; GAVIA IMMER; HUMAN DISTURBANCE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT;

BIODIVERSITY;

BREEDING SITE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SHORELINE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

GAVIA IMMER;

EID: 33746228629     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0043-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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