Green-Winged Teal Ingest Epibenthic Meiofauna
- 1 June 1992
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Estuaries
- Vol. 15 (2) , 227-229
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1352696
Abstract
Several hundred green-winged teal (Aves: Anatidae: Anas crecca) were observed foraging along a mudflat devoid of seeds and only sparsely inhabited by macrobenthic infauna in southwestern Louisiana. Of eight teal collected in this habitat, four had ingested substantial numbers of meiofauna. Use of prey in this size range has not been reported for waterfowl. Meiofauna have been recognized only recently as important components of the food chain of marsh ecosystems. *** DIRECT SUPPORT *** A01BY058 00014Keywords
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