Diet of red-throated divers Gavia stellata reflects the seasonal availability of Atlantic herring Clupea harengus in the southwestern Baltic Sea

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 268-275

  Guse, Nils ^a   Garthe, Stefan ^a   Schirmeister, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic Herring; Baltic Sea; Foraging Ecology; Red throated Diver; Seasonal Migration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLUPEOID; DIETARY SHIFT; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOT SPOT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PISCIVORE; PROTECTED AREA; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; POMERANIAN BIGHT;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; GAVIA STELLATA;

EID: 70450278842     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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