Is black swan grazing a threat to seagrass? Indications from an observational study in New Zealand

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-50

  Dos Santos, Virginie M ^a,b   Matheson, Fleur E ^a   Pilditch, Conrad A ^b   Elger, Arnaud ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Consumption rate; Cygnus atratus; Grazing pressure; Temperate estuaries; Waterfowl herbivory; Zostera muelleri

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWING SEASON; HERBIVORY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MEADOW; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL;

BAY OF PLENTY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAURANGA HARBOUR;

ANATIDAE; CYGNUS; CYGNUS ATRATUS; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MUELLERI;

EID: 84860608938     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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