Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) chick bioenergetics following round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) invasion and implementation of cormorant population control

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 153-161

  Van Guilder, Margaret A ^a   Seefelt, Nancy E ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alewife; Bioenergetics; Double crested Cormorant; Lake Michigan; Round goby

Indexed keywords

ALEWIFE; BIOENERGETICS; DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT; LAKE MICHIGAN; ROUND GOBY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; FISH; LAKES;

NUTRITION;

ABUNDANCE; ARCHIPELAGO; BIOENERGETICS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; BREEDING POPULATION; CLUPEOID; COLONY; DIET; INVASIVE SPECIES; PERCIFORM; POPULATION REGULATION; SEABIRD;

BEAVER ISLAND ARCHIPELAGO; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 84873746564     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.12.019     Document Type: Article

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