Fish and fish-eating birds at the Salton Sea: A century of boom and bust

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 469-499

  Hurlbert, Allen H ^a,d   Anderson, Thomas W ^b,c   Sturm, Kenneth K ^b,e   Hurlbert, Stuart H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Salton Sea Authority   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^e Canaan Valley Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Aechmophorus occidentalis; Ardea herodias; Aythya affinis; Casmerodius albus; Christmas Bird Counts; Circus cyaneus; DDT; Egretta alba; Egretta thula; Fulica americana; hydrogen sulfide; Hydroprogne caspia; long term trends; Nycticorax nycticorax; Oreochromis mossambicus; organochlorine insecticides; Oxyura jamaicensis; Pandion haliaetus; Pelecanus erythrorhyncos; Pelecanus occidentalis; Phalacrocorax auritus; Podiceps nigricollis; Recurvirostra americana; saline lakes; salinity

Indexed keywords

AECHMOPHORUS OCCIDENTALIS; ARDEA HERODIAS; AVES; AYTHYA AFFINIS; CASMERODIUS ALBUS; CICHLIDAE; CIRCUS CYANEUS; EGRETTA ALBA; EGRETTA THULA; FULICA AMERICANA; HYDROPROGNE CASPIA; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; OXYURA JAMAICENSIS; PANDION HALIAETUS; PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS; PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; PODICEPS NIGRICOLLIS; RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA;

EID: 62949134161     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140709354033     Document Type: Article

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