| Title | Intertidal habitat utilization patterns of birds in a Northeast Pacific estuary |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2014 |
| Authors | Frazier, Melanie R., Janet O. Lamberson, and Walter G. Nelson |
| Secondary Title | Wetlands Ecology and Management |
| Volume | 22 |
| Pagination | p.451–466 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription |
| Keywords | birds, eelgrass = Zostera marina, geographical distribution, Ghost shrimp = Neotrypaea californiensis (Callianassa californiensis), Idaho Flat, Japanese eelgrass = Zostera japonica, Mud shrimp = Upogebia pugettensis, population count, Raccoon Flat, Sally’s Bend, temporal distribution, Yaquina Bay |
| Notes | The authors conducted bird censuses for five major habitats in the Yaquina River Estuary, “ Zostera marina (eelgrass), Upogebia (mud shrimp)/ mudflat, Neotrypaea (ghost shrimp)/ sandflat, Zostera japonica (Japanese eelgrass), and low marsh.” They studied spatial and temporal variation within habitats and found that the native eelgrass, Zostera marina, was “an important habitat based on nearly all metrics of bird use…” (from the Abstract) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11273-014-9346-6 |
| Series Title | Wetlands Ecology and Management |
