Microhabitat characteristics of feeding sites used by diving duck Aythya wintering on the grossly polluted Manchester Ship Canal, UK

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 278-283

  Marsden, S J ^a   Bellamy, G S ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b APEM LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aythya ferina; Aythya fuligula; Feeding; Oligochaete; Organic pollution

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FEEDING GROUND; HABITAT USE; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATERFOWL;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; DUCK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WINTER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANNELIDA; AYTHYA; AYTHYA FERINA; AYTHYA FULIGULA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 0034525353     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S037689290000031X     Document Type: Article

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