A detailed time series assessment of the diet of Lesser Flamingos: Further explanation for their itinerant behaviour

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 710, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-93

  Kaggwa, Mary N ^a,b   Gruber, Martin ^b   Oduor, Steve Omondi ^c   Schagerl, Michael ^b  

^a KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Arthrospira; Lesser Flamingos; Migration; Nutritional quality; Phytoplankton biomass; Saline lakes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIPID; MIGRATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINE LAKE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WADER;

KENYA; LAKE BOGORIA; LAKE NAKURU; RIFT VALLEY;

ARTHROSPIRA; BOGORIA; PHOENICOPTERIDAE;

EID: 84876690062     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1105-1     Document Type: Article

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