Snake Pipefish Entelurus aequoreus are poor food for seabirds

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Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 413-415

  Harris, Michael P ^a   Newell, Mark ^a   Daunt, Francis ^a   Speakman, John R ^b   Wanless, Sarah ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black legged Kittiwake; Digestibility; Energy values; European Shag; Prey quality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIGESTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINFISH; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ENTELURUS AEQUOREUS; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 41149176857     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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