The ecology of eelgrass meadows in the Pacific Northwest: A ...
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Table 13b.<br />
(concluded)<br />
Resident or Liv<strong>in</strong>g Feed<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Phylum, class, and species<br />
scientific name Conanon name transienta Abundance modeC habits d<br />
Pleuronichthys coenosus C-O sole<br />
-- P. coenosus (Juvenile)<br />
C-0 sole<br />
Parophrus vetulus<br />
Fx~gllsh sole<br />
-- P. vetulus (Juvenile)<br />
~nglis'h sole<br />
Pla tichvthus stellatus<br />
Starrv<br />
~ ~<br />
flounder<br />
d -<br />
Sand sole<br />
a~esident status: R = resident; T = transient: T* or R* = seasonal occurrence; Tk or R4 = life<br />
cycle occurrence such as juvenile, larval.<br />
b~bundance status: A = abundant, <strong>of</strong>ten seen on field trips; C = cononon, present but not always seen<br />
on field trips; U = uncmon, present <strong>in</strong> small numbers and seldom seen.<br />
C . .<br />
Llvlng mode status:<br />
d~eed<strong>in</strong>g kbi ts:<br />
N = nekton; S = feed<strong>in</strong>g on or slightly above sediment surface.<br />
H = herbivore on <strong>eelgrass</strong>; C = consunes fauna <strong>in</strong> <strong>eelgrass</strong> and <strong>eelgrass</strong> substrate<br />
References: ACOE 1977b; Bayer 1981; Brown 1982: Gardner 1978: Miller (pers. cm., 1982);<br />
NOAA/State <strong>of</strong> Wash<strong>in</strong>gton Dept. <strong>of</strong> Ecology 1980; Simenstad and K<strong>in</strong>ney 1978; Simenstad et al. 1979.<br />
Table 13c. List <strong>of</strong> birds found <strong>in</strong> <strong>eelgrass</strong> <strong>meadows</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pacific</strong> NortMst, arranged<br />
<strong>in</strong> functional categories.<br />
Liv<strong>in</strong>g Feed<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Phylm, class, and species<br />
scientific nane Cnnnon nane Abundancea modeb habitsC<br />
CHORDATA<br />
Ave s<br />
--<br />
Gavia imner<br />
- G. stellata<br />
Mchnophorus occidental is<br />
Podiceps aur i tus<br />
- P. griseyena<br />
- P. niaricollis<br />
&td ilynbus pod iceps<br />
Phalacrocorax auritus<br />
- P. pelagicus<br />
Branta canadensis<br />
- B.nicla<br />
Chen hyperborea<br />
Phi lac te canag ica<br />
Anas platyrhynchos<br />
- A. strepera<br />
-- A. crecca<br />
-- A. acuta<br />
A. clypeata<br />
- A. penelope<br />
A. mericana<br />
zthya val is<strong>in</strong>eria<br />
A. marila<br />
Chmnn loon<br />
Fed- throated loon<br />
Western grebe<br />
Horned grebe<br />
Fed-necked grebe<br />
Eared grebe<br />
Pied-billed grebe<br />
Double-cres ted cormorant<br />
Pelagic comrant<br />
Canada goose<br />
Bran t<br />
Snow goose<br />
nnperor goose<br />
Mallard<br />
Gadwall<br />
Green-w<strong>in</strong>ged teal<br />
P<strong>in</strong>tail<br />
Nor<strong>the</strong>rn shoveler<br />
European wigeon<br />
American wigeon<br />
Canvasback<br />
Greater scaup<br />
Lesser scaup<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>ued<br />
C<br />
c<br />
c*<br />
c<br />
c*<br />
c<br />
U<br />
U<br />
U<br />
U*<br />
A-C*<br />
A-c<br />
U*<br />
c*<br />
U*<br />
A-c<br />
c<br />
c<br />
U*<br />
A-c<br />
c<br />
U*<br />
U*