Herring Gulls and Common Terns as Possible Predators of Lobster Larvae
- 1 May 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
- Vol. 14 (5) , 729-730
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f57-029
Abstract
Herring gulls (Larus argentatus) and common terns (Sterna hirundo) were collected in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence when lobster larvae were abundant. No lobster larvae were found in 36 herring gull stomachs and only one in 15 common tern stomachs.Keywords
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- The Growth Rate of the American Lobster (Homarus americanus)Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1953