Predation by birds on blue mussel Mytilus edulis beds of the tidal flats of Spiekeroog (southern North Sea)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 61-72

  Hilgerloh, G ^a  

^a Forschungszentrum Terramare   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blue mussels Mytilus edulis; Eiders Somateria mollissima; Haematopus ostralegus; Herring gulls Larus argentatus; Lower Saxony; Oystercatchers; Predation; Tidal flats

Indexed keywords

MYTILUS EDULIS; BIVALVIA; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

BIRDS; BLUE MUSSEL; EIDER; HERRING GULL; MUSSEL BED; MUSSEL BEDS; OYSTERCATCHER; PREDATION; TIDAL FLAT; TIDAL FLATS;

GERMANY, LOWER SAXONY, EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS, SPIEKEROOG;

EID: 0030621050     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps146061     Document Type: Article

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