Capacity of Biofilm to Support Northward Migrating Shorebirds, Roberts Bank, Fraser River Estuary, BC

• Main Authors: Rourke, James, Challenger, Wendell, Martin, Christopher, Ydenberg, Ron
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Western CEDAR 2016
• Subjects: Fresh Water Studies; Life Sciences; Marine Biology; Natural Resources and Conservation; Fraser River; Pacific; Calidris alpina
• Online Access: https://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec/2016ssec/species_food_webs/82

Roberts Bank on the Fraser River Estuary, British Columbia, is a globally important site for migrating shorebirds such as the western sandpiper (Calidris mauri) and the Pacific dunlin (Calidris alpina pacifica). Some 800,000 individuals of these two species alone pass through the site northward boun...