Cormorant predation on PIT-tagged lake fish

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 177-186

  Skov, Christian ^a   Jepsen, Niels ^a   Baktoft, Henrik ^a   Jansen, Teunis ^a   Pedersen, Stig ^a   Koed, Anders ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abramis brama; Avian predation; Mortality; Perca fluviatilis; PIT tags; Rutilus rutilus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; ROOSTING; TURBIDITY;

DENMARK; VIBORG;

EID: 84904433404     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2014.715     Document Type: Article

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