Transport of horseshoe crab eggs by waves and swash on an estuarine beach: Implications for foraging shorebirds

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 438-448

  Nordstrom, Karl F ^a   Jackson, Nancy L ^b   Smith, David R ^c   Weber, Richard G ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Delaware Bay; estuarine beach; horseshoe crab eggs; shorebirds; wave runup; wrack

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANEMOMETER; ARTHROPOD; EGG; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING; TRANSDUCER; WADER; WASHOVER; WATER LEVEL; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE RUNUP;

DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA;

EID: 33750025658     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.06.027     Document Type: Article

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