Sanderlings feed on a diverse spectrum of prey worldwide but primarily rely on brown shrimp in the Wadden Sea
Knowing what birds eat is fundamental to understand the ecology and distribu- tion of individuals and populations. Often, diet is assessed based on field obser- vations and excrement analyses, which has previously been the case for Sanderling Calidris alba. This may have biased their known diets tow...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/329d89d6-bb0e-4f60-979a-62f1d0e6be6c 2024-06-23T07:51:54+00:00 Sanderlings feed on a diverse spectrum of prey worldwide but primarily rely on brown shrimp in the Wadden Sea Penning, Emma Verkuil, Yvonne Klunder, Lise Reneerkens, Jeroen 2022 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11370/329d89d6-bb0e-4f60-979a-62f1d0e6be6c https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/329d89d6-bb0e-4f60-979a-62f1d0e6be6c https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.2022.a11 https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/625566767/arde.2022.a11.pdf eng eng https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/329d89d6-bb0e-4f60-979a-62f1d0e6be6c info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Penning , E , Verkuil , Y , Klunder , L & Reneerkens , J 2022 , ' Sanderlings feed on a diverse spectrum of prey worldwide but primarily rely on brown shrimp in the Wadden Sea ' , Ardea , vol. 110 , pp. 187-199 . https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.2022.a11 DNA metabarcoding diet composition Calidris alba shorebirds Crangon crangon intertidal ecosystems specialism foraging behaviour article 2022 ftunigroningenpu https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.2022.a11 2024-06-03T17:38:35Z Knowing what birds eat is fundamental to understand the ecology and distribu- tion of individuals and populations. Often, diet is assessed based on field obser- vations and excrement analyses, which has previously been the case for Sanderling Calidris alba. This may have biased their known diets towards large prey with indigestible body parts that can still be recognized in faeces or regurgi- tations. A literature review of Sanderling diet worldwide showed that Sanderlings exploit a large diversity of prey. We carried out DNA metabarcoding on Sander - ling faeces to get a complete view of their diet in the Wadden Sea during staging and moult from late July to early October. Given the diversity of available prey in the Wadden Sea, it was remarkable that 94% of the samples contained Brown Shrimp Crangon crangon which, next to the Shore Crab Carcinus maenas, were also the most abundant species in the samples. This study shows that whereas Sanderling can feed on a large variety of invertebrates, in the Wadden Sea during southward staging they primarily rely on Brown Shrimp Article in Journal/Newspaper Calidris alba Sanderling University of Groningen research database Ardea 110 2 |
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DNA metabarcoding diet composition Calidris alba shorebirds Crangon crangon intertidal ecosystems specialism foraging behaviour Penning, Emma Verkuil, Yvonne Klunder, Lise Reneerkens, Jeroen Sanderlings feed on a diverse spectrum of prey worldwide but primarily rely on brown shrimp in the Wadden Sea |
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Knowing what birds eat is fundamental to understand the ecology and distribu- tion of individuals and populations. Often, diet is assessed based on field obser- vations and excrement analyses, which has previously been the case for Sanderling Calidris alba. This may have biased their known diets towards large prey with indigestible body parts that can still be recognized in faeces or regurgi- tations. A literature review of Sanderling diet worldwide showed that Sanderlings exploit a large diversity of prey. We carried out DNA metabarcoding on Sander - ling faeces to get a complete view of their diet in the Wadden Sea during staging and moult from late July to early October. Given the diversity of available prey in the Wadden Sea, it was remarkable that 94% of the samples contained Brown Shrimp Crangon crangon which, next to the Shore Crab Carcinus maenas, were also the most abundant species in the samples. This study shows that whereas Sanderling can feed on a large variety of invertebrates, in the Wadden Sea during southward staging they primarily rely on Brown Shrimp |
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Sanderlings feed on a diverse spectrum of prey worldwide but primarily rely on brown shrimp in the Wadden Sea |
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Sanderlings feed on a diverse spectrum of prey worldwide but primarily rely on brown shrimp in the Wadden Sea |
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Sanderlings feed on a diverse spectrum of prey worldwide but primarily rely on brown shrimp in the Wadden Sea |
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Sanderlings feed on a diverse spectrum of prey worldwide but primarily rely on brown shrimp in the Wadden Sea |
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Sanderlings feed on a diverse spectrum of prey worldwide but primarily rely on brown shrimp in the Wadden Sea |
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sanderlings feed on a diverse spectrum of prey worldwide but primarily rely on brown shrimp in the wadden sea |
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Penning , E , Verkuil , Y , Klunder , L & Reneerkens , J 2022 , ' Sanderlings feed on a diverse spectrum of prey worldwide but primarily rely on brown shrimp in the Wadden Sea ' , Ardea , vol. 110 , pp. 187-199 . https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.2022.a11 |
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