Habitat use by wintering surf and white-winged scoters: Effects of environmental attributes and shellfish aquaculture

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1754-1762

  Žydelis, Ramunas ^a,c   Esler, Daniel ^a   Boyd, W Sean ^b   Lacroix, Deborah L ^a   Kirk, Molly ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Habitat use; Melanitta fusca; Melanitta perspicillata; Shellfish aquaculture; Surf scoter; White winged scoter

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HABITAT USE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC CULTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEABIRD;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; BIVALVIA; MELANITTA; MELANITTA FUSCA; MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 33846809403     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1754:HUBWSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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