Seasonal and annual patterns in density of double-crested cormorants in two coastal regions of Lake Huron

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 411-418

  Ridgway, Mark S ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cormorant; Distance sampling; Georgian Bay; North Channel; Regime shift

Indexed keywords

CORMORANT; DISTANCE SAMPLING; GEORGIAN BAY; NORTH CHANNEL; REGIME SHIFT;

COASTAL ZONES; SURVEYS;

LAKES;

AERIAL SURVEY; COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLEDGING; LINE TRANSECT; MIGRATION; NESTING; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA; GEORGIAN BAY; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; NORTH CHANNEL [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA];

PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 77956177643     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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