Habitat change by the formation of alien crassostrea-reefs in the wadden sea and its role as feeding sites for waterbirds

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-51

  Markert, Alexandra ^a,b   Esser, Wiebke ^a,c   Frank, Dietrich ^d   Wehrmann, Achim ^a,b   Exo, Klaus Michael ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^d National Park Administration of the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem engineering; Foraging behaviour; North Sea; Oystercatcher; Pacific oyster; Waders

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING GROUND; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; PREY AVAILABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REEF; WADER; WATERFOWL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 84883826518     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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