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Article: Foraging Behavior of Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) in Relation to Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) Habitats in Beaver Island Archipelago in Northern Lake Michigan. (Zoology).(Brief Article)
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- Michigan Academician
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- March 22, 2002
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Foraging Behavior of Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) in Relation to Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) Habitats in Beaver Island Archipelago in Northern Lake Michigan. Catherine M. Peters * and James C. Gillingham, Central Michigan University, Biology Department, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
The double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) is one of six cormorant species that breed in North America and has substantial populations in the interior of the continent. The population dropped to very low levels in the middle of the twentieth century but has since rebounded throughout its range. The dramatic increase in cormorant numbers in the ...