Diet of the Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax olivaceus at West Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina

Waterbirds

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 444-449

  Casaux, Ricardo J ^a,b,c   Prinzio, Cecilia Y D I ^b,c   Bertolin, Maria L ^b   Tartara, Maria A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diet composition; Fish intake; Fish resources; Impact; Neotropic cormorant; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENERALIST; MOLLUSC; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; ROOST SITE; SALMONID; SEABIRD;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT;

ARGENTINA ELONGATA; AVES; CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX OLIVACEUS;

EID: 74049161674     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.032.0310     Document Type: Article

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