Analysis of stomach contents from the black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris, on the Coast of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-325

  Petry, Maria Virginia ^a   Fonseca, Vanda Simone Da Silva ^a   Scherer, Angelo Luís ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET; MIGRATION; NEMATODE; POPULATION DECLINE; SEABIRD; STOMACH CONTENT;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEIDAE; NEMATODA; NEMATOMORPHA;

EID: 33846089256     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0186-6     Document Type: Article

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