The importance of shorebirds to energy fluxes in a food web of a south European Estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-78

  Moreira, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

diet; energy fluxes; estuaries; food web; shorebirds; Tagus

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOMASS; BIRDS; DIET; ENERGY FLUX; ENERGY FLUXES; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD WEB; FOOD WEBS; SHOREBIRD;

PORTUGAL, TAGUS ESTUARY;

BIVALVIA; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

EID: 0030620445     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0112     Document Type: Article

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