Impacts of shellfisheries and nutrient inputs on waterbird communities in the Wash, England

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 191-199

  Atkinson, Philip W ^a   Maclean, Ilya M D ^a   Clark, Nigel A ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cockling; Dredging; Eutrophication; Sediment disturbance; Shell fishing; Shorebird; Special Protection Area; Species assemblage; Wader

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DOMINANCE; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EUTROPHICATION; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DECLINE; PROTECTED AREA; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHELLFISH CULTURE; STOCK COLLAPSE; WADER; WATERFOWL;

ENGLAND; THE WASH; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; BIVALVIA; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; CERASTODERMA EDULE; CRUSTACEA; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS EDULIS; TADORNA TADORNA;

EID: 77949282329     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01760.x     Document Type: Article

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