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Predation by birds as a factor influencing the demography of an intertidal shrimp
| Title: | Predation by birds as a factor influencing the demography of an intertidal shrimp. |
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| Name(s): |
Howard, Robert K., creator Lowe, Kim W., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1984 | |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science B.V. | |
| Extent: | 19 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3172806 (digitool), FADT3172806 (IID), fau:5679 (fedora), 10.1016/0022-0981(84)90036-4 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Extensive seagrass beds of Western Port, in southeastern Australia, are accessible to predatory wading birds for a large part of the tidal cycle. Though the role of birds as predators in seagrass systems is generally dismissed as insignificant, little is known about rates of prey intake. Here we examine the rates of predation by wading birds on a major epibenthic invertebrate associated with eelgrass beds in Western Port, the palaemonid shrimp Macrobrachium intermedium Stimpson. This article may be cited as: Howard, R. K., & Lowe, K. W. (1984). Predation by birds as a factor influencing the demography of an intertidal shrimp. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 74(1), 35-52. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(84)90036-4 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #357. |
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| Subject(s): |
Shrimps Charadriiformes Predation (Biology) Seagrasses --Australia Tidal currents |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172806 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(84)90036-4 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1984 Elsevier Science B.V. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
