Mussel fishery affects diet and reduces body condition of Eiders Somateria mollissima in the Wadden Sea

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-30

  Laursen, Karsten ^a   Asferg, Karen S ^b   Frikke, John ^c   Sunde, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b The Ministry of the Environment ^*  (Denmark)

^c Section for Nature Conservation   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blue Mussel; Conservation; Danish Wadden Sea; Eider Numbers; Prey Size; SPA

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BODY CONDITION; DIET; FISHING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MUSSEL CULTURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WADDEN SEA;

AVES; MYTILUS EDULIS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 67349279780     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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