Soil conditions under great cormorant and grey heron colonies in a wetland: Effect on soil nematode abundance and trophic structure [PDF]
Journal of Water and Land Development, 2023 This study aimed to investigate how great cormorants and grey herons affect the density and trophic diversity of soil nematodes under breeding colonies located in Stawy Raszyńskie Nature Reserve (central Poland).
Dawid Kozacki +3 more
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Plasma Biochemistries and Morphometric Indices of Body Condition in Imperial Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) Chicks [PDF]
, 2017 Plasma biochemistries provide a complementary method for assessing physiological and nutritional status of free-ranging wild birds. Triglycerides, total protein and alkaline phosphatase were determined in 110 free-living Imperial Cormorant (Phalacrocorax
Gallo, Luciana +3 more
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Scientia Marina, 2018 The Mediterranean shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii) and the great cormorant (P. carbo sinensis) are syntopic birds in an area encompassing Grosa Island and the Mar Menor coastal lagoon (SE Spain, western Mediterranean) during the breeding ...
Felipe Aguado-Giménez +4 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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Veterinární Medicína, 2005 The total mercury concentrations in four tissues (muscle, intestines, liver and kidney) of aquatic birds (cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo and great crested grebe - Podiceps cristatus) and Eurasian buzzard (Buteo buteo) were determined by cold vapour ...
P. Houserova +5 more
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Selfies of imperial cormorants (Phalacrocorax atriceps): What is happening underwater? [PDF]
, 2015 During the last few years, the development of animal-borne still cameras and video recorders has enabled researchers to observe what a wild animal sees in the field.
Gómez Laich, Agustina Marta +3 more
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Post-Breeding Dispersion and Migratory Routes of Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus Crispus), Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax Carbo) and Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea Leucorodia) from the North of Sinoe Lagoon (Danube Delta) [PDF]
Scientific Annals of the Danube Delta Institute, 2019 In the period 2003-2006, a series of bird markings were performed in nesting colonies from the northern part of the Sinoie lagoon in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve.
Kiss J. Botond +4 more
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Population Status, Breeding Biology and Diet of Norwegian Great Cormorants
Ardea, 2022 Two subspecies of the Great Cormorant breed in Norway, the continental Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis in the south, along the Skagerrak coast, and the marine P. c. carbo from central Norway and northwards. Here we review the information existing until 2017 on population status and trends, breeding performance and diet of these two subspecies in Norway ...
Lorentsen, Svein-Håkon +3 more
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Size matters: the value of small populations for wintering waterbirds [PDF]
, 2004 Protecting systematically selected areas of land is a major step towards biodiversity conservation worldwide. Indeed, the identification and designation of protected areas more often than not forms a core component of both national and international ...
Atkinson-Willes G. L. +26 more
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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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