Diets of aquatic birds reflect changes in the Lake Huron ecosystem

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-44

  Hebert, Craig E ^a   Chip Weseloh, D V ^a   Idrissi, Abde ^a   Arts, Michael T ^a   Roseman, Edward ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem change; Fatty acids; Herring gull; Larus argentatus; Stable isotopes; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

AVES; CLUPEIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 61649126025     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980802700995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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