Short-term bursts of prey availability occur in many ecosystems and have potential important
consequences for both predator biology and ecosystem function. Examples of prey 'pulses' …

This review highlights diatoms and their production of fatty acids at Arctic ice edges and
temperate estuaries as strategic in initiating high spring productivity. As important as their …

Benthic invertebrate communities are reliable indicators of environmental conditions, and
thus often assessed during ecological studies. However, when identifying all specimens to …

During its fall migration stopover on mudflats in the upper Bay of Fundy, Canada, the
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) is thought to feed primarily on the amphipod …

Top-down, bottom-up, middle-out and abiotic factors are usually viewed as main forces
structuring biological communities, although assessment of their relative importance, in a …

About 10 to 12 million birds per year use the intertidal flats of the Wadden Sea in north-
eastern Europe as a food source during their moulting, wintering or breeding season and as …

During their annual mid-to late-summer southward migration, Semipalmated Sandpipers
(Calidris pusilla) feed intensively on the amphipod Corophium volutator on intertidal …

Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla (L., 1766)) use the upper Bay of Fundy, Canada,
as a critical stopover site during their annual fall migration to wintering grounds in South …

Top-down effects of predation are well documented in a variety of ecological communities,
including marine soft-sediment systems. It has been proposed that intertidal mudflats in the …

To facilitate the movement and processing of timber in some regions of the Pacific
Northwest, logs are tied together to form large rectangular rafts (often called “booms”) which …