Citation:

GLAHN, J. F., M. E. TOBIN, AND B. F. BLACKWELL, editors. 2000. A science-based initiative to manage double-crested cormorant damage to southern aquaculture. USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO, APHIS 11-55-010.

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