Temporal changes in the diet of great cormorant (phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) on the southern coast of Finland - Comparison with available fish data

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL.B, 2011, Pages 61-70

  Lehikoinen, Aleksi ^a   Heikinheimo, Outi ^b   Lappalainen, Antti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; PHALACROCORAX CARBO SINENSIS; ZOARCIDAE;

EID: 80955123970     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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