Effects of Wetland Management on Carrying Capacity of Diving Ducks and Shorebirds in a Coastal Estuary

With global loss of natural wetlands, managed wetlands increasingly support energy requirements for wintering shorebirds and waterfowl. Despite numerous studies of avian bioenergetics in freshwater systems, less is known of the energetic capacity of estuarine systems. In San Francisco Bay, managed s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Waterbirds (De Leon Springs, Fla.) Fla.), 2014, Vol.37 (1), p.52-67
Hauptverfasser:	Brand, L. Arriana, Takekawa, John Y, Shinn, Joel, Graham, Tanya, Buffington, Kevin, Gustafson, K. Ben, Smith, Lacy M, Spring, Sarah E, Miles, A. Keith
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aquatic habitats benthic invertebrates Brackish carrying capacity coasts diving ducks Ducks energy energy density energy metabolism energy requirements Estuaries estuarine evaporation Foraging freshwater habitats macroinvertebrates managed wetlands Ponds Salinity salt ponds San Francisco Bay Seasonal wetlands shorebirds supratidal Taxa Waterfowl Wetlands winter
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