Shorebird habitat use and macroinvertebrate composition in Robbins Passage/Boullanger Bay wetlands, NW Tasmania

• Main Author: Spruzen, FL
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: East Inlet; Pacific; Ruddy Turnstone; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/21656/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/21656/1/whole_SpruzenFionaLouise2008_thesis.pdf

Virtually all species of shorebirds are decreasing on a global scale, due primarily to habitat loss and/or modification, through wetland reclamation, increased coastal erosion, decreased water quality and rising sea levels due to climate change. Many shorebirds are migratory and travel thousands of...