The Ecology of Tijuana Estuary, California: An Estuarine Profile
The Ecology of Tijuana Estuary, California: An Estuarine Profile
The Ecology of Tijuana Estuary, California: An Estuarine Profile
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Willet<br />
(1 73)<br />
i<br />
-<br />
Water Depth (cm)<br />
Dry 1 3 5 7 9 11 15 Dry 1 3 5 7 9 1115<br />
Western Sandpiper<br />
(802)<br />
Black-bellied Plover<br />
American Avocet<br />
(50)<br />
0<br />
2<br />
4<br />
6<br />
8<br />
19<br />
15<br />
Figure 45. Foraging microhabitats fentire stippled area) <strong>of</strong> shorebirds for sandftals and mudflats. Areas where birds<br />
foraged were defined by water depth and depth to which birds probed the sediments; dense stippling indicates<br />
where species spent more than 80% <strong>of</strong> their time foraging; sample sires are in brackets. Reprinted from Baland<br />
11 981 ) with permissian.<br />
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