An invasive intertidal reef-forming polychaete affect habitat use and feeding behavior of migratory and locals birds in a SW Atlantic coastal lagoon

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 76-83

  Bruschetti, Martín ^a,b   Bazterrica, Cielo ^a,b   Luppi, Tomás ^a,b   Iribarne, Oscar ^a,b  

^a FCEyN   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; Habitat use; Invasive species; Polychaete; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POLYCHAETE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; WADER;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; MAR CHIQUITA LAGOON; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANAS; AVES; CALIDRIS FUSCICOLLIS; CYRTOGRAPSUS ANGULATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EQUUS ASINUS; FICOPOMATUS ENIGMATICUS; GASTROPODA; HELEOBIA; LAEONEREIS ACUTA; LARUS DOMINICANUS; MELITA PALMATA; MILVAGO CHIMANGO; NEANTHES SUCCINEA; NEPHTYS FLUVIATILIS; PHALACROCORAX OLIVACEUS; POLYCHAETA; TRINGA; TRINGA FLAVIPES; TRINGA MELANOLEUCA; VANELLUS CHILENSIS;

EID: 67649128441     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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