The diet of common eiders wintering in Nuuk, Southwest Greenland

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-234

  Merkel, Flemming R ^a   Jamieson, Sarah E ^b   Falk, Knud ^a   Mosbech, Anders ^c  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; POLYCHAETE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; NUUK;

AVES; BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; MYA EIDERI; MYTILUS EDULIS; PECTINARIA (ANNELIDA); POLYCHAETA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA BOREALIS;

EID: 33845619094     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0176-8     Document Type: Article

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