Short-term effects of intertidal macroalgal blooms on the macrohabitat selection and feeding behaviour of wading birds in the Mondego Estuary (West Portugal)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 677-688

  Murias T ^a   Cabral, J A ^a   Marques, J C ^a   Goss Custard, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

effects on waders; macroalgae blooms; Mondego Estuary; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; BIRD; BIRDS; BLOOM; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MACROALGAE; WADER; WADERS;

PORTUGAL, MONDEGO ESTUARY;

EID: 0030302952     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0096     Document Type: Article

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