Piscivorous birds as top predators and fishery competitors in the lagoon ecosystem

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 611, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-54

  Zydelis R ^a,b   Kontautas, A ^c  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Curonian Lagoon; Fish consumption; Fish resources; Lagoon systems; Piscivorous birds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS; COMPETITION; ESTIMATION; FISH; FISHERIES; LANDING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BIRD SPECIES; BREEDING SEASONS; COMMERCIAL FISH; COMMERCIAL FISHERIES; CURONIAN LAGOON; FISH CONSUMPTION; FISH RESOURCES; FISH SPECIES; FISH STOCKS; LAGOON SYSTEMS; PISCIVOROUS BIRDS; PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS; SIZE SEGREGATION;

BIRDS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIOMASS; BREEDING SEASON; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LAGOON; PERCEPTION; PISCIVORE; PREDATION; SEABIRD;

BALTIC STATES; CURONIAN LAGOON; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

ARDEA CINEREA; AVES; MERGUS MERGANSER; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; PODICEPS CRISTATUS; PODICIPEDIDAE;

EID: 48349140567     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9460-7     Document Type: Article

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