Effects of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (San Francisco Bay, California) on Mud Flats and their Carrying Capacity for Small Shorebirds

We determined that the intertidal mud flat study site adjacent to Ravenswood Pond SF2 was already at carrying capacity for small shorebirds during spring migration. In fact, additional foraging resources in the region were critical during this period to maintain existing numbers of small shorebirds.