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Sleeping red knots (Calidris canutus islandica) in the Wadden Sea, The Netherlands.
Red knots taking a nap during high tide in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Recently, this marine protected area has been commercially exploited by shellfisheries. As reported by van Gils et al., shellfish dredging has been directly responsible for a decline in the knots' population through a reduction in both the amount and the quality of their food resources.
Image Credit: Photo: Jan van de Kam
Citation: (2006) PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 4(12) December 2006. PLoS Biol 4(12): ev04.i12. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v04.i12
Published: December 26, 2006
Copyright: © 2006 Jan van de Kam. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Red knots taking a nap during high tide in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Recently, this marine protected area has been commercially exploited by shellfisheries. As reported by van Gils et al., shellfish dredging has been directly responsible for a decline in the knots' population through a reduction in both the amount and the quality of their food resources.
Image Credit: Photo: Jan van de Kam