Is salt stress a problem for waders wintering on the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania?

Knots Calidris canutus and sanderlings C. alba were used in cage experiments in which water and food consumption were measured under different salt regimes. Food consumption decreased and water consumption increased after changing the water provided from fresh to salt. Knots have the capability of a...

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Main Authors: Marcel Klaassen, BJ Ens
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 1990
Subjects:
Ecology not elsewhere classified
Zoology not elsewhere classified
060603 Animal Physiology - Systems
970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Centre for Integrative Ecology
Calidris canutus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30075870
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Summary:Knots Calidris canutus and sanderlings C. alba were used in cage experiments in which water and food consumption were measured under different salt regimes. Food consumption decreased and water consumption increased after changing the water provided from fresh to salt. Knots have the capability of adapting to salt water. Swallowing of adherent water with the prey, as well as evaporative cooling in heat stressed birds, might increase salt stress. -from Authors

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