Simple measures of population dynamics and energy consumption can provide baseline information on the role of consumers in food webs, particularly for cryptic or highly-mobile species of waterbirds. We provide estimates of the seasonal population dynamics and energy consumption of waterbirds along the Kowie Estuary, South Africa. Ten census counts were conducted every month along the estuary from June 2013 to May 2014. Energy consumption and fresh-matter intake were calculated based on body-mass equations. Piscivorous birds dominated the waterbird assemblage during summer (up to 289 individuals), whereas non-migratory shorebirds were dominant at other times of the year. The total wet mass of prey items ingested by waterbirds ranged fro...
Regular twice-monthly counts of birds associated with water at the Prince Albert sewage disposal fa...
1. We estimated nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) loading into wetlands by carnivorous waterbirds with...
Bibliography: pages 192-208.Patterns of distribution and diversity for African waterbirds are invest...
Waterbirds are often overlooked as predators in aquatic ecosystems, despite the fact that waterbirds...
Includes bibliographies.The waterbird populations of the Berg River estuary, South Africa, were stud...
Over a ten-year period, each December the same observer counted waterbirds on the same stretch of th...
Compared to external loads from tributaries and sediment recycling, the role of waterbirds as phosph...
Compared to external loads from tributaries and sediment recycling, the role of waterbirds as phosph...
There are few African studies on seasonal changes in the waterbird assemblages in river ecosystems. ...
This study evaluates the relative contribution of reproduction-based life history traits and diet to...
The spatial and temporal patterns in selected components of the ichthyofauna and piscivorous avifaun...
<div><p>Marine predators, such as seabirds, are useful indicators of marine ecosystem functioning. I...
Marine predators, such as seabirds, are useful indicators of marine ecosystem functioning. In partic...
Harsh environmental conditions encountered in North Atlantic during wintertime, characterized by fre...
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-99).The main objective of this stud...
Regular twice-monthly counts of birds associated with water at the Prince Albert sewage disposal fa...
1. We estimated nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) loading into wetlands by carnivorous waterbirds with...
Bibliography: pages 192-208.Patterns of distribution and diversity for African waterbirds are invest...
Waterbirds are often overlooked as predators in aquatic ecosystems, despite the fact that waterbirds...
Includes bibliographies.The waterbird populations of the Berg River estuary, South Africa, were stud...
Over a ten-year period, each December the same observer counted waterbirds on the same stretch of th...
Compared to external loads from tributaries and sediment recycling, the role of waterbirds as phosph...
Compared to external loads from tributaries and sediment recycling, the role of waterbirds as phosph...
There are few African studies on seasonal changes in the waterbird assemblages in river ecosystems. ...
This study evaluates the relative contribution of reproduction-based life history traits and diet to...
The spatial and temporal patterns in selected components of the ichthyofauna and piscivorous avifaun...
<div><p>Marine predators, such as seabirds, are useful indicators of marine ecosystem functioning. I...
Marine predators, such as seabirds, are useful indicators of marine ecosystem functioning. In partic...
Harsh environmental conditions encountered in North Atlantic during wintertime, characterized by fre...
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-99).The main objective of this stud...
Regular twice-monthly counts of birds associated with water at the Prince Albert sewage disposal fa...
1. We estimated nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) loading into wetlands by carnivorous waterbirds with...
Bibliography: pages 192-208.Patterns of distribution and diversity for African waterbirds are invest...