The introduced clam Ensis americanus in the Wadden Sea: Field experiment on impact of bird predation and tidal level on survival and growth

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-100

  Freudendahl, Anna Sofie L ^a   Nielsen, Mette M ^a   Jensen, Tomas ^b   Jensen, Kurt Thomas ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Wadden Sea Centre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bird predation; Ensis; Field experiment; Intertidal flat; Introduced species; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; BIVALVE; BODY MASS; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PREDATION; SURVIVORSHIP;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

AVES; BIVALVIA; ENSIS; ENSIS AMERICANUS; ENSIS DIRECTUS; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 77952428527     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-009-0168-5     Document Type: Article

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