The use of coded wire tags to estimate cormorant predation on fish stocks in an estuary

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 320-329

  Jepsen, Niels ^a   Klenke, Reinhard ^b   Sonnesen, Per ^c   Bregnballe, Thomas ^d  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Natl Environ Research Institute   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conflicts; Eel; Flounder; Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis; Smolt

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EEL; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISHING INDUSTRY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; POPULATION GROWTH; SALMONID; SAMPLING; SMOLT; TAGGING;

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO SINENSIS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 77950259483     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09038     Document Type: Article

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