Abundance and prey capture success of Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) and Pied Kingfishers (Ceryle rudis) in relation to water clarity in south-east coastal Ghana

Abundance and prey capture success of Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) and Pied Kingfishers (Ceryle rudis) in relation to water clarity in south-east coastal Ghana

Abstract Background Water clarity may negatively influence rate of plunge diving and prey capture success of piscivorous plunge-diving birds, and therefore has implications for their conservation in polluted urban wetlands. We studied the relationship between water clarity and the abundance and prey...

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Main Authors: Lars H. Holbech, Francis Gbogbo, Timothy Khan Aikins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Avian Research
Subjects:
Coastal Ghana
Common Tern
Pied Kingfisher
Prey capture success
Water turbidity and transparency
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40657-018-0116-7

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