Density and distribution of water boatmen and brine shrimp at a major shorebird wintering area in Puerto Rico

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 331-341

  Tripp, Kimberly J ^a,b   Collazo, Jaime A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ME Ecological Services Field Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Density; Distribution; Puerto Rico; Salinity tolerance; Salt flats; Shorebirds; Survival; Trichocorixa

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PREY AVAILABILITY; WADER;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; ARTHROPODA; CORIXIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SCOLOPACIDAE; TRICHOCORIXA;

EID: 0346337141     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WETL.0000005542.46697.1d     Document Type: Article

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