Shorebirds, snails, and the amphipod (Corophium volutator) in the upper Bay of Fundy: Top-down vs. bottom-up factors, and the influence of compensatory interactions on mudflat ecology

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 567, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 285-306

  Hamilton, Diana J ^a,c   Diamond, Antony W ^a   Wells, Peter G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; Calidris pusilla; Compensatory interactions; Corophium volutator; Ilyanassa obsoleta; Intertidal mudflats; Top down and bottom up effects; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FERTILIZERS; HYDROLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS;

BAY OF FUNDY; CALIDRIS PUSILLA; COMPENSATORY INTERACTIONS; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; INTERTIDAL MUDFLATS; TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP EFFECTS; TROPHIC CASCADES;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; BAY; COMPENSATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MUDFLAT; PREDATION; SNAIL; TROPHIC CASCADE; WADER;

FERTILIZERS; HYDROLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY;

AVES; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALIDRIS PUSILLA; COROPHIUM; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; GASTROPODA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746189804     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0062-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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