Salinity controls on trophic interactions among invertebrates and algae of solar evaporation ponds in the Mojave Desert and relation to shorebird foraging and selenium risk

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 475-485

  Herbst, David B ^a  

^a Departments of Cognitive Science and Neurosciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemia; Ephydra; Evaporation ponds; Predation; Risk assessment; Saline wetlands; Salinity; Selenium; Shorebird foraging; Trichocorixa; Trophic cascade; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EVAPORATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INVERTEBRATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINIZATION; SELENIUM; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WADER; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; HARPER DRY LAKE; MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA; AVES; CORIXIDAE; EPHYDRA; EPHYDRA GRACILIS; EPHYDRIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; TRICHOCORIXA; TRICHOCORIXA RETICULATA;

EID: 33845807764     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[475:SCOTIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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