Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Science Article 18
abstract
The objectives for this study were to: 1) determine the diet of Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus, hereafter: cormorants) in western Lake Erie; 2) to determine if yellow perch (Perca flavescens) or walleye (Sander vitreus) were a noteworthy prey item; and 3) to determine if the invasive round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) are consumed.
Michael T. Bur et al., U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center