Trophic structure and avian communities across a salinity gradient in evaporation ponds of the San Francisco Bay estuary

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 567, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 307-327

  Takekawa, J Y ^a   Miles, A K ^a   Schoellhamer, D H ^a   Athearn, N D ^a   Saiki, M K ^a   Duffy, W D ^b   Kleinschmidt, S ^b,c   Shellenbarger, G G ^a   Jannusch, C A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Placer Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Salt evaporation ponds; Salt ponds; San Francisco Bay; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ESTUARIES; EVAPORATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TIDES;

SALT EVAPORATION PONDS; SALT PONDS; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; WATERBIRDS;

HYDROLOGY;

BAY; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EVAPORATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POND CULTURE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SALINITY; SALT WATER; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746254044     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0061-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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