Limnology and Aquatic Birds

1. In Memoriam: Stuart Frederick Mitchell BSc (Hons), PhD 25 September 1940 – 10 August 2001
Joseph Kerekes

I. Aquatic Birds — Foraging, Community Ecology and Limnology

2. A comparison between aquatic birds of lakes and coastal rivers in Florida
Mark V. Hoyer, Sky K. Notestein, Thomas K. Frazer, Daniel E. Canfield

3. Foraging guilds of aquatic birds on productive boreal lakes: environmental relations and concordance patterns
Cynthia A. Paszkowski, William M. Tonn

4. Water bird guilds and their feeding connections in the Bodrogzug, Hungary
Sándor Andrikovics, Lászlo Forró, Géza Gere, Gyula Lakatos, Lajos Sasvári

5. Effects of small-bodied fish on invertebrate prey and foraging patterns of waterbirds in Aspen Parkland wetlands
Caroline E. McParland, Cynthia A. Paszkowski1

6. A comparison of three methods to investigate the diet of breeding double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) in the Beaver Archipelago, northern Lake Michigan
Nancy E. Seefelt, James C. Gillingham

7. Pattern of natural 15N abundance in lakeside forest ecosystem affected by cormorant-derived nitrogen
Kayoko Kameda, Keisuke Koba, Satoru Hobara, Takashi Osono, Masakazu Terai

II. Waterfowl — Habitat Use, Foraging Behaviour and Limnology

8. Temporal processes and duck populations: examples from Mývatn
Arnthor Gardarsson

9. Effects of water quality on habitat use by lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) broods in the boreal Northwest Territories, Canada
K. A. Walsh, D. R. Halliwell, J. E. Hines, M. A. Fournier, A. Czarnecki, M. F. Dahl

10. Diurnal time-activity budgets of redheads (Aythya americana) wintering in seagrass beds and coastal ponds in Louisiana and Texas
Thomas C. Michot, Marc C. Woodin, Stephen E. Adair, E. Barry Moser

11. Foraging behavior of redheads (Aythya americana) wintering in Texas and Louisiana
Marc C. Woodin, Thomas C. Michot

12. Macroinvertebrate abundance, water chemistry, and wetland characteristics affect use of wetlands by avian species in Maine
Jerry R. Longcore, Daniel G. McAuley, Grey W. Pendelton, Carolyn Reid Bennatti, Terry M. Mingo, Kenneth L. Stromborg

13. Breeding waterbird wetland habitat availability and response to water-level management in Saint John River floodplain wetlands, New Brunswick
Kevin J. Connor, Shane Gabor

14. Populations of ducks and trout of the River LaxÁ, Iceland, in relation to variation in food resources
Árni Einarsson, Arnthor Gardarsson, Gísli MÁr Gíslason, Gudni Gudbergsson

15. Influence of migrant tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus) and Canada geese (Branta canadensis) on aquatic vegetation at Long Point, Lake Erie, Ontario
Shannon S. Badzinski, C. Davison Ankney, Scott A. Petrie

III. Loons — Population Trends, Behaviour, Habitat Use and Ecotoxicology

16. Factors influencing productivity of common loons (Gavia immer) breeding on circumneutral lakes in Nova Scotia, Canada
Shannon S. Badzinski, Steven T. A. Timmermans

17. A landscape-scale model of yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii) habitat preferences in northern Alaska
Susan L. Earnst, Robert Platte, Laura Bond

18. Testing hypotheses of social gatherings of common loons (Gavia immer)
James D. Paruk

19. Feeding behavior and modeled energetic intake of common loon (Gavia immer) adults and chicks on small lakes with and without fish
Beverly A. Gingras, Cynthia A. Paszkowski

20. Assessment of mercury exposure and potential effects on common loons (Gavia immer) in Québec
L. Champoux, D. C. Masse, D. Evers, O. P. Lane, M. Plante, S. T. A. Timmermans

21. Bioaccumulation of mercury in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) and common loons (Gavia immer) in relation to lake chemistry in Atlantic Canada
Neil M. Burgess, Keith A. Hobson

IV. Shorebirds — Habitat Use, Limnology and Trophic Dynamics

22. Shorebirds, snails, and the amphipod (Corophium volutator) in the upper Bay of Fundy: top-down vs. bottom-up factors, and the influence of compensatory interactions on mudflat ecology
Diana J. Hamilton, Antony W. Diamond, Peter G. Wells

23. Trophic structure and avian communities across a salinity gradient in evaporation ponds of the San Francisco Bay estuary
J. Y. Takekawa, A. K. Miles, D. H. Schoellhamer, N. D. Athearn, M. K. Saiki, W. D. Duffy, S. Kleinschmidt, G. G. Shellenbarger, C. A. Jannusch

24. Spatial and temporal fluctuations in presence and use of chironomid prey by shorebirds in the Odiel saltpans, south-west Spain
Marta I. SÁnchez, Andy J. Green, Eloy M. Castellanos

25. Anostracans and microcrustaceans as potential food sources of waterbirds on sodic pans of the Hungarian plain
Emil Boros, Szabolcs BÁnfi, LÁszló Forró

Keywords: Life Sciences, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Nature Conservation, Applied Ecology