Effects of herbivorous birds on intertidal seagrass beds in the northern Wadden Sea

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 87-94

  Nacken, M ^a   Reise, K ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Grazing; Herbivorous birds; Seagrass; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; HERBIVORY; SEAGRASS MEADOW; WATERFOWL;

GERMANY; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; SYLT; WADDEN SEA;

ANAS PENELOPE; BRANTA BERNICLA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 0033841812     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101520050006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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