Effect of beach replenishment projects on waterbird and shorebird communities

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1088-1096

  Grippo, Mark Alan ^a   Cooper, Samuel ^a   Massey, Aldric Gregory ^a  

^a CZR Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach renourishment; Before after control effect pairs; Bird monitoring; Environmental impacts

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEACH; BEACH NOURISHMENT; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT USE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSECT; WADER; WATERFOWL;

AVES; LARUS ATRICILLA; PLUVIALIS SQUATAROLA;

EID: 35348840422     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0276.1     Document Type: Article

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