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Book Review The Double-Crested Cormorant: Issues and Management
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 Fish-eating birds and their interactions with fisheries cause mixed feelings for many people. Avian and human fisheries are perceived to be in conflict throughout the world, particularly in areas where piscivorous bird populations are increasing numerically and expanding geographically.
Valerie M. Burton
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Genomes of cressdnaviruses, microviruses, a gyrovirus, and a caudovirus identified in the fecal samples of a mallard and double-crested cormorant. [PDF]
Microbiol Resour AnnouncKhalifeh A +6 more
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Diversity, 2023 The Wildlife Services—National Wildlife Research Center Mississippi Field Station, working in conjunction with Mississippi State University, conducted a study to evaluate the effectiveness of several non-lethal, commercial, physical bird deterrents ...
Fred L. Cunningham +5 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 The south Atlantic coast supports one of the highest assemblages of non-breeding double-crested cormorants (Nannopterum auritum) known and is a convergence area for Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) during the winter months.
Bryan D. Watts +3 more
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Double-crested Cormorants [PDF]
, 2016 The history of conflict between double-crested cormorants and human interest in fisheries is long and convoluted. Overall, double-crested cormorants are not major consumers of commercial and sportfish species. However, exceptions have been recorded at specific sites with documented impacts on local fisheries.
Brian S. Dorr +4 more
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Management of Double-Crested Cormorants to Improve Sport Fisheries in Michigan: Three Case Studies
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 Impacts of double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) to fisheries have been documented, but evaluation of the process and outcomes of cormorant management to reduce impacts on fisheries is lacking. We provide a synthesis of adaptive management of
Brian S. Dorr +3 more
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New Michigan Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) and Flea (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) Records From Colonial Nesting Birds [PDF]
, 2018 Banding and censusing large numbers of gull chicks over a 30-year period on Great Lakes islands has produced a collection of five individual ticks from two Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) chicks.
Scharf, William C
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Diets of shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis and cormorants P. carbo in Norway and possible implications for gadoid stock recruitment [PDF]
, 1990 The diets of shags and cormorants were studied in Norway through analyses of regurgitated pellets. Although this method has many limitations, indications were that both species rely heavily on small gadoids (Gadidae) and sand eels (Ammodytidae) for food ...
Barrett, R. T. +3 more
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Modeling the Economic Impacts of Double-Crested Cormorant Damage to a Recreational Fishery
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 The double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) has undergone a significant range expansion in the Great Lakes area of the United States since the 1970s, negatively impacting native fish populations and sport fisheries.
Stephanie A. Shwiff +3 more
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Mercury concentrations in Double—crested Cormorant chicks across Canada [PDF]
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2017 AbstractMercury (Hg) biomagnifies in aquatic food chains and can reach high concentrations in fish-eating birds. Spatial patterns of Hg have been found in freshwater ecosystems across Canada for many taxa including fish and birds. However, it is often challenging to sample a representative population size of adult birds to monitor concentrations of ...
Raphael A. Lavoie, Linda M. Campbell
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