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Changes in the body composition of Velvet Scoters (Melanitta fusca) wintering in the Gulf of Gdańsk

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies
Volume 41 (2012): Issue 3 (September 2012)
By: Włodzimierz Meissner,  Izabela Fischer and  Szymon Bzoma  
Open Access
|Jun 2012

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-012-0023-1 | Journal eISSN: 1897-3191 | Journal ISSN: 1730-413X
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Published on: Jun 29, 2012
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Keywords:
seaducks,
Baltic,
winter,
body mass,
energetic reserves,
biometrics
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