Size-selective predation by river otter (Lontra canadensis) improves refuge properties of shallow coastal marine nursery habitats

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1324-1328

  Cote, D ^a   Gregory, R S ^b   Stewart, H M J ^c  

^a PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; DIET; FISH; FOOD PREFERENCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSTELID; NURSERY GROUND; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SIZE; REFUGE; SHALLOW WATER; SIZE SELECTION;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NEWMAN SOUND; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CARNIVORA; GADUS MORHUA; GADUS OGAC; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; MYOXOCEPHALUS; MYOXOCEPHALUS SCORPIUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS;

EID: 55949087167     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-120     Document Type: Article

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