Reduction of benthic macroinvertebrates due to waterfowl foraging on submerged vegetation during autumn migration

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 541-547

  Marklund, Ola ^a   Sandsten, Håkan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aquatic birds; Chironomidae; Grazing; Pisidium; Potamogeton pectinatus; Submerged macrophytes

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; GRAZING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MIGRATION; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATERFOWL;

SWEDEN;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER SP.; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHIRONOMIDAE; PECTINATUS; PISIDIUM; POTAMOGETON; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS;

EID: 0036917730     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021133713777     Document Type: Article

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