Movements of pre-migratory surf and white-winged scoters in response to pacific herring spawn

Waterbirds

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-393

  Lok, Erika K ^a   Kirk, Molly ^a   Esler, Daniel ^a   Boyd, W Sean ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clupea pallasi; Habitat use; Herring spawn; Melanitta fusca; Melanitta perspicillata; Movement; Sea duck; Surf Scoter; White winged Scoter

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING;

NORTH AMERICA; STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

BIVALVIA; CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE; MELANITTA; MELANITTA FUSCA; MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA;

EID: 58049205563     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695-31.3.385     Document Type: Article

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