Reducing fish losses to cormorants using artificial fish refuges: An experimental study

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-198

  Russell, Ian ^a   Parrott, D ^b   Ives, M ^a   Goldsmith, D ^a   Fox, S ^b   Clifton Dey, D ^c   Prickett, A ^a   Drew, T ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cormorant; Freshwater fissh, habitat; Management; Predation; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; WADER;

PHALACROCORACIDAE;

EID: 43449112995     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2008.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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