Bioenergetics and prey consumption of breeding double-crested cormorants in the Beaver Archipelago, northern Lake Michigan

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 122-133

  Seefelt, Nancy E ^a   Gillingham, James C ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alewife; Allometric equations; Bioenergetics; Cormorant; Great Lakes; Phalacrocorax auritus

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; BIOENERGETICS; CORMORANT; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; PREY CONSUMPTION;

BIODIVERSITY;

ALLOMETRY; BIOENERGETICS; BIOMASS; BREEDING; BREEDING SEASON; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; POPULATION SIZE; PREY SELECTION; WATERFOWL;

BEAVER ARCHIPELAGO; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 42349090496     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2008)34[122:BAPCOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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