Response of waterbirds to alternating clear and turbid water phases in two shallow Mediterranean lakes

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 701-706

  Moreno Ostos, Enrique ^a,b   Paracuellos, Mariano ^c   De Vicente, Inmaculada ^b   Nevado, Juan C ^d   Cruz Pizarro, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^d Environmental Council   (Spain)

Author keywords

Albufera de Adra; Alternative equilibria states; Clear water phase; Macrophytes; Netta rufina; Oxyura leucocephala; Plankton; Shallow lakes; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LAKE; MARSH; SHALLOW WATER; TURBIDITY; WATERFOWL;

ALBUFERA DE ADRA; ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

NETTA RUFINA; OXYURA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 55649098636     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9141-z     Document Type: Article

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