Detection of the impact of predation by migratory shorebirds: An experimental test in the Fraser River estuary, British Columbia (Canada)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 23-40

  Sewell, Mary A ^a,b,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calidris mauri; Exclosure experiment; Shorebird predation; Soft sediments; Western sandpiper

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; EXCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PREDATION; WESTERN SANDPIPER; ZOOBENTHOS;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRASER ESTUARY;

CALIDRIS MAURI; CRUSTACEA; ETEONE; GASTROPODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0030302923     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps144023     Document Type: Article

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