Diet of the Mediterranean European shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii, its ecological significance and interaction with local fisheries in the Riou Archipelago (Marseilles, France)

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-86

  Morat, F ^a   Mante, A ^b   Drunat, E ^b,c   Dabat, J ^b   Bonhomme, P ^a   Harmelin Vivien, M ^a   Letourneur, Y ^d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Conservatoire Etudes des Ecosystèmes de Provence Alpes du Sud ^*  (France)

^c Impasse le Parardou   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; DIET; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOME RANGE; MEADOW; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OTOLITH; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; SEAGRASS; TELEOST;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; FRANCE; MARSEILLES; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [FRANCE]; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

ANIMALIA; ATHERINIDAE; CENTRACANTHIDAE; LABRIDAE; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SERRANIDAE; SPARIDAE;

EID: 82055201366     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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