Relative foraging value to lesser scaup ducks of native and exotic clams from San Francisco Bay

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1217-1231

  Richman, Samantha E ^a   Lovvorn, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aythya affinis; Digestibility; Diving ducks; Exotic invasions; Functional response; Gut retention time; Intake rates; Lesser Scaup; Macoma balthica; Potamocorbula amurensis; San Francisco Bay; Scaup feeding behavior

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PREDATOR;

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

ANAS; ANAS SP.; AYTHYA; AYTHYA AFFINIS; BIVALVIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; MACOMA; MACOMA BALTHICA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; POTAMOCORBULA AMURENSIS; TELLINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4444302733     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5032     Document Type: Article

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