Shorebird diet and size selection of nereid polychaetes in South Carolina coastal diked wetlands

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 358-366

  Weber, Louise M ^a,b   Haig, Susan M ^a,c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WARREN WILSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARADRIIFORMES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LAEONEREIS CULVERI; LIMNODROMUS GRISEUS; NEREIDIDAE; POLYCHAETA; TRINGA FLAVIPES;

EID: 0031287247     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. BENGSTON, S., AND B. SVENSSON. 1968. Feeding habits of Calidris alpina L. and C. minuta Leisl. (Aves) in relation to the distribution of marine shore invertebrates. Oikos 19:152-157.
2. BOATES, J. S., AND J. D. GOSS-CUSTARD. 1988. Foraging behavior of oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus during a diet switch from worms Nereis diversicolor to clams Scrobicularia plana. Can. J. Zool. 67:2225-2231.
3. BOTTON, M. L., R. E. LOVELAND, AND T. R. JACOBSEN. 1994. Site selection by migratory shorebirds in Delaware Bay, and its relationship to beach characteristics and abundance of horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) eggs. Auk 111:605-616.
4. BURGER, J., J. SHISLER, AND F. H. LESSER. 1982. Avian utilisation on six salt marshes in New Jersey. Biol. Conserv. 23:187-212.
5. DURELL, D., AND C. P. KELLY. 1990. Diets of Dunlin Calidris alpina and Gray Plover Pluvialis squatarola on the Wash as determined by dropping analysis. Bird Study 37:44-47.
6. ERWIN, R. M., J. S. HATFIELD, M. A. HOWE, AND S. KLUGMAN. 1994. Waterbird use of saltmarsh wetlands created for open marsh water management. J. Wildl. Manage. 58:516-524.
7. EVANS, P. R., D. M. HERDSON, P. J. KNIGHTS, AND M. W. PIENKOWSKI. 1979. Short-term effects of reclamation of part of Seal Sands, Teesmouth, on wintering waders and shelduck. Oecologia 41:183-206.
8. GOSNER, K. L. 1978. A field guide to the Atlantic seashore. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts. 329 pp.
9. GOSS-CUSTARD, J. D. 1977a. Optimal foraging and the size selection of worms by redshank, Tringa totanus, in the field. Anim. Behav. 25:10-29.
10. -. 1977b. The energetics of prey selection by redshank, Tringa totanus (L.), in relation to prey density. J. Anim. Ecol. 46:1-19.
11. -, R. E. JONES, AND P. E. NEWBERRY. 1977. The ecology of the Wash I. Distribution and diet of wading birds (Charadrii). J. Appl. Ecol. 14:681-780.
12. HAYMAN, P., J. MARCHANT, AND T. PRATER. 1986. Shorebirds. An identification guide to the waders of the world. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts. 414 pp.
13. HOLMES, R. T., AND F. A. PITELKA. 1968. Food overlap among coexisting sandpipers on northern Alaskan tundra. Syst. Zool. 17:305-318.
14. KALEJTA, B. 1993. Intense predation cannot always be detected experimentally: a case study of shorebird predation on nereid polychaetes in South Africa. Netherlands J. Sea Res. 31:385-393.
15. KENT, A. C., AND R. W. DAY. 1983. Population dynamics of an infaunal polychaete: the effect of predators and an adult-recruit interaction. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 73:185-203.
16. LACK, D. 1954. The natural regulation of animal numbers. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom. 343 pp.
17. MAY, J. P., AND P. B. ZIELINSKI. 1986. Sedimentology, hydrogeology and hydrology. Pp. 79-101, in M. R. DeVoe and D. S. Baughman, eds. South Carolina coastal wetland impoundments, Vol. II: Technical Synthesis, Publication #SC-SC-TR-86-2. South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, Charleston, South Carolina.
18. MAZURKIEWICZ, M. 1975. Larval development and habits of Laeonereis culveri (Webster) (Polychaeta: Nereidae). Biol. Bull. 149:186-204.
19. MONTAGUE, C. L., A. V. ZALE, AND H. F. PERCIVAL. 1987. Ecological effects of coastal marsh impoundments: a review. Environ. Manage. 11:743-756.
20. MOREIRA, F. 1994. Diet, prey-size selection and intake rates of Black-tailed Godwits Limosa lapponica feeding on mudflats. Ibis 136:349-355.
21. MORRISON, R. I. G., C. DOWNES, AND B. COLLINS. 1994. Population trends of shorebirds on fall migration in eastern Canada 1974-1991. Wilson Bull. 106:431-447.
22. MOURITSEN, K. N. 1994. Day and night feeding in Dunlins Calidris alpina: choice of habitat foraging technique and prey. J. Avian Biol. 25:55-62.
23. MYERS, J. P., S. L. WILLIAMS, AND F. A. PITELKA. 1980. An experimental analysis of prey availability for sanderlings (Aves: Scolopacidae) feeding on sandy beach crustaceans. Can. J. Zool. 58:1564-1574.
24. PAGE, G. W., AND R. E. GILL. 1994. Shorebirds in western North America: late 1800s to late 1900s. Studies in Avian Biol. 15:147-160.
25. PIENKOWSKI M. W., P. N. FERNS, N. C. DAVIDSON, AND D. H. WORRALL. 1984. Balancing the budget: measuring the energy intake and requirements of shorebirds in the field. Pp. 29-56, in P. R. Evans, J. D. Goss-Custard and W. G. Hale, eds. Coastal waders and waterfowl in winter. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
26. QUAMMEN, M. L. 1984. Invertebrates in intertidal mudflats: an experimental test. Ecology 65:529-537.
27. RANDS, M. R. W., AND J. P. BARKHAM. 1981. Factors controlling within-flock feeding densities in three species of wading bird. Ornis Scan. 12:28-36.
28. RECHER, H. F. 1966. Some aspects of the ecology of migrant shorebirds. Ecology 47:393-407.
29. REHFISCH, M. M. 1994. Man-made lagoons and how their attractiveness to waders might be increased by manipulating the biomass of an insect benthos. J. Appl. Ecol. 31:383-401.
30. SCHNEIDER, D. C. 1985. Predation on the urchin Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus) by migratory shorebirds on a tropical reef flat. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 92:19-27.
31. -, AND B. A. HARRINGTON. 1981. Timing of shorebird migration in relation to prey depletion. Auk 98:801-811.
32. SENNER, S. E., AND M. A. HOWE. 1984. Conservation of nearctic shorebirds. Pp. 329-421, in J. Burger and B. L. Olla, eds. Shorebirds: breeding behavior and populations. Plenum Press, New York, New York.
33. WEBER, L. M. 1994. Foraging ecology and conservation of shorebirds in South Carolina coastal wetlands. Ph.D. Dissertation, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. 126pp.
34. -, AND S. M. HAIG. 1996. Shorebirds use of South Carolina managed and natural coastal wetlands. J. Wildl. Manage. 60:73-82.
35. -, AND -. 1997. Community structure associated with shorebirds in South Carolina coastal soft-sediments. Can. J. Zool. 75:245-252.
36. WENNER, E. L. 1986. Benthic macrofauna. Pp. 255-293, in M. R. DeVoe and D. S. Baughman, eds. South Carolina coastal wetland impoundments, Vol. II: Technical Synthesis, Publication #SC-SC-TR-86-2. South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, Charleston, South Carolina.
37. WILLIAMS K. R. 1987. Construction, maintenance and water control structures of tidal impoundments in South Carolina. Pp. 138-167, in W. R. Whitman and W. H. Meredith, eds. Proceedings of a symposium on waterfowl and wetlands management in the coastal zone of the Atlantic flyway. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Dover, Delaware.
38. WILSON, W. H. 1991. The foraging ecology of migratory shorebirds in marine soft-sediment communities: the effects of episodic predation on prey population. Am. Zool. 31:840-849.
39. WOLFF, W. J. 1969. Distribution of non-breeding waders in an estuanne area in relation to the distribution of their food organisms. Ardea 57:1-28.
40. ZWARTS, L., AND A.-M. BLOMERT. 1992. Why knot Calidris canutus take medium-sized Macoma balthica when six prey species are available. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 83:113-128.
41. -, AND P. ESSELINK. 1989. Versatility of male curlews Numenius arquata preying upon Nereis diversicolor. deploying contrasting capture modes dependent on prey availability. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 56:255-269.