The Effect of Human Activity on Shorebirds in Two Coastal Bays in Northeastern United States

1 January 1986

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Environmental Conservation

Vol. 13 (2) , 123-130
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892900036717

Abstract

The effects of human activities on shorebirds migrating through Raritan and Delaware Bays (New Jersey, USA) were examined from late April to late October 1982. Less than 5% of the 471,055 shorebirds counted in the censuses were in Raritan Bay, and only eight species accounted for 95% of the total. Bird populations peaked during late May to early June, and had a secondary peak in early August. People walking accounted for 43% (Raritan Bay) and 50% (Delaware Bay) of the disturbances. Other disturbances, in descending order of abundance, were of fishermen, airplanes, dogs, clam-diggers, off-road vehicles, boats, children, and joggers.

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Conservation of Nearctic Shorebirds
Published by Springer Nature ,1984