Cormorant diet in relation to temporal changes in fish communities

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-183

  Boström, Maria K ^a   Östman, Örjan ^a   Bergenius, Mikaela A J ^a   Lunneryd, Sven Gunnar ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diet; Otolith; Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIET; GENDER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMACH CONTENT; TELEOST;

SWEDEN;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; PHALACROCORAX CARBO SINENSIS; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS; ZOARCES VIVIPARUS; ZOARCIDAE;

EID: 84857347199     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss002     Document Type: Article

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