Clam farmers and Oystercatchers: Effects of the degradation of Lanice conchilega beds by shellfish farming on the spatial distribution of shorebirds

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 589-595

  Godet, Laurent ^a   Toupoint, Nicolas ^b   Fournier, Jérôme ^a   Mao, Patrick Le ^c   Retière, Christian ^b   Olivier, Frédéric ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Chausey archipelago; Conservation; Lanice conchilega; Manila clam; Oystercatcher; Shellfish farming; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

CHAUSEY ARCHIPELAGO; LANICE CONCHILEGA; MANILA CLAM; OYSTERCATCHER; SHELLFISH FARMING; SHOREBIRDS;

CULTIVATION; DEGRADATION; OCEAN HABITATS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ECOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIVALVE; BREEDING SITE; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FEEDING GROUND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MIGRATION; POLYCHAETE; SHELLFISH CULTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WADER;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BREEDING; CLAM; COASTAL WATERS; FRANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; SHELLFISH; SHOREBIRD; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BIVALVIA; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BASSE NORMANDIE; CHAUSEY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MANCHE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; BIVALVIA; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; LANICE CONCHILEGA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM;

EID: 63549131917     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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