Foraging behaviors of Surf Scoters and White-winged Scoters during spawning of Pacific herring

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 216-222

  Lewis, Tyler L ^a   Esler, Daniel ^a   Boyd, W Sean ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clupea pallasi; Herring spawn; Melanitta fusca; Melanitta perspicillata; Sea duck; Surf Scoter; White winged Scoter

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE; MELANITTA; MELANITTA FUSCA; MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA;

EID: 33847217279     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[216:FBOSSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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