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Some
coastal habitats, especially mud flats and saltmarshes, are protected
under agreements made under the RAMSAR Convention (the Convention on
Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat
1971). Although it is used primarily to protect wetlands of importance
(for feeding or breeding) to birds, there is no reason why invertebrates
cannot be used to identify wetland sites of conservation importance
(Collins 1987). After all, these waterbirds feed, in large part, on the
invertebrates of these habitats.
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