Winter diet of great cormorant (Phalacrocorax Carbo) on the River Vltava: Estimate of size and species composition and potential for fish stock losses

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-142

  Čech, Martin ^a   Vejřík, Lukáš ^a  

^a Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diagnostic bones; European chub; European perch; Fish withdrawal; Grayling; Regurgitated pellets; Roach; Ruffe; Slapy reservoir; Trout spp

Indexed keywords

BONE; CATCH STATISTICS; CYPRINID; DIET; FECAL PELLET; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECONSTRUCTION; REGULATORY APPROACH; ROOST SITE; SALMONID; SEABIRD; STOCK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CONTENT;

CZECH REPUBLIC; SLAPY RESERVOIR; STREDOCESKY; VLTAVA RIVER;

ABRAMIS BRAMA; ALBURNUS ALBURNUS; AVES; CYPRINIDAE; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; THYMALLUS THYMALLUS;

EID: 79959313055     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v60.i2.a7.2011     Document Type: Article

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