Foraging behavior of a generalist marine top predator, Japanese cormorants (Phalacrocorax filamentosus), in years of demersal versus epipelagic prey

Marine Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 427-434

  Watanuki, Y ^a   Ishikawa, K ^a   Takahashi, A ^b   Kato, A ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENERALIST; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEABIRD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; TEURI ISLAND;

AMMODYTES PERSONATUS; ANCHOA; AVES; ENGRAULIS; ENGRAULIS JAPONICUS; HEXAGRAMMIDAE; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX FILAMENTOSUS; PLEURONECTIDAE; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SEBASTES;

EID: 4644296401     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1345-3     Document Type: Article

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