Double-crested cormorants (phalacrocorax auritus) on the move in the beaver archipelago, Northern Lake Michigan

Waterbirds

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-106

  Tucker, Taaja R ^a,b   Seefelt, Nancy E ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

distribution; Double crested Cormorant; foraging patterns; Neogobius melanostomus; Phalacrocorax auritus; round goby

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE EXPANSION; SEABIRD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BEAVER ISLAND ARCHIPELAGO; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896450353     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.037.0113     Document Type: Article

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