Relationships between wintering waterbirds and invertebrates, sediments and hydrology of coastal marsh ponds

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-341

  Bolduc, François ^a,b   Afton, Alan D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Foramec Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Gulf of Mexico; Hydrology; Invertebrates; Sediments; Shorebirds; Wading birds; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENT; WADER;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKEFELLER STATE WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANAS; ANAS CLYPEATA; ANAS CRECCA; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 8744246498     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0333:RBWWAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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