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Arabian Muds
The research presented in this thesis was conducted at the Department of Coastal Systems at the NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, ‘t Horntje, (Texel), The Netherlands, according to the requirements of the Graduate School of Science (Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Groningen).
This research was funded by NWO ALW Open Programme grant 821.01.001 grant awarded to Jan A. van Gils and The Research Council (TRC) of the Sultanate of Oman ORG/EBR/12/002 grant awarded to Andy Kwarteng. The printing was supported by NIOZ and the University of Groningen (RUG)
The preferred citation of this thesis is:
Bom, R.A. (2018) Arabian muds: A 21st-century natural history on crab plovers, crabs and
molluscs. PhD thesis, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. Lay-out and figures: Dick Visser
Cover drawing and lay-out: Maaike Ebbinge
Photographs: Khalid Al-Nasrallah (pp. 190, 196, 197, 200) , Abdullah Al Subhi, MECA (pp. 8), Sarah Godin-Blouin (pp. 64), Roeland Bom (pp. 114, 139, 198, 222, 260), Jimmy de Fouw (pp. 26a, 68), Symen Deuzeman (pp. 246), Maaike Ebbinge (pp. 26b), Bram Feij (pp. 127a), Thijs Fijen (pp. 213), Jan van de Kam (pp. 16, 40, 50, 60, 75, 90, 94, 104, 105 (field pictures), 106, 122, 127b, 144, 148, 158, 208, 216, 260), Laurens Steijn (pp. 14)
Printed by: Ipskamp Printing Enschede, The Netherlands ISBN: 978-94-028-1180-3
ISBN: 978-94-028-1181-0 (electronic version) © R.A. Bom (Roeland.bom@gmail.com)
Arabian Muds
A 21
st-century natural history on crab plovers, crabs and molluscs
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
op gezag van de
rector magnificus prof. dr. E. Sterken
en volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties.
De openbare verdediging zal plaatsvinden op
vrijdag 12 oktober 2018 om 11:00 uur
door
Roeland Andreas Bom
geboren op 27 mei 1983
Prof. W. Bouten
Copromotor
Dr. J.A. van Gils
Beoordelingscommissie
Prof. J.M. Tinbergen
Prof. G. Vermeij
Prof. M. Fasola
ChAPTER1 General Introduction 9
R.A. Bom
ChAPTER2 Food web consequences of an evolutionary arms race: Molluscs subject to crab 17 predation on intertidal mudflats in Oman are unavailable to shorebirds
R.A. Bom, J. de Fouw, R.H.G. Klaassen, T. Piersma, M.S.S. Lavaleye, B.J. Ens, T. Oudman & J.A. van Gils
Published in 2018 in Journal of Biogeography, 45, 342–354
ChAPTER3 The role of the intertidal mudflats of Barr Al hikman, Sultanate of Oman, 41 as feeding, reproduction and nursery grounds for brachyuran crabs
R.A. Bom, J.A. van Gils, K. Molenaar, A.Y. Kwarteng, R. Victor & E.O. Folmer
Manuscript
BOxA Bathymetry map of Barr Al hikman 58
ChAPTER4 Simple and complex burrow architecture in two Macrophthalmus species 61 on the intertidal mudflats of Barr Al hikman, Sultanate of Oman
R.A. Bom & M. Ebbinge
Manuscript
ChAPTER5 Barr Al hikman, a major shorebird hotspot within the Asian–East African 69 flyway: results of three winter surveys
J. de Fouw, A.W. Thorpe, R.A. Bom, S. de Bie, C.J. Camphuysen, B. Etheridge, W. Hagemeijer, L. Hofstee, T. Jager, L. Kelder, R. Kleefstra, M. Kersten, A. al Kiyumi, A. Nagy, & R.H.G. Klaassen
Published in 2017 in Wader Study 124, 10–25
ChAPTER6 Demography of a stable population of crab plovers wintering in Oman 91
R.A. Bom, J.A. van Gils, K. Oosterbeek, S. Deuzeman, J. de Fouw, A.Y. Kwarteng, & R. Kentie
Published in 2018 in Journal of Ornithology 159, 527–525
ChAPTER7 Stomach fullness shapes prey choice decisions in crab plovers (Dromas ardeola) 107
R. Gommer, R.A. Bom, T.P.M. Fijen & J.A. van Gils
Published in 2018 in Plos One 13, e0194824
ChAPTER8 Wait a minute? hiding behaviour of burrowing crabs and an oversized bill 123 explain why crab plovers prefer armoured swimming crabs
R.A. Bom, T. Piersma, T. P.M. Fijen & J. A. van Gils
ChAPTER9 Optimizing acceleration-based ethograms: the use of variable-time versus 145 fixed-time segmentation
R.A. Bom, W. Bouten, T. Piersma, K. Oosterbeek & J.A. van Gils
Published in 2014 in Movement Ecology 2:6
ChAPTER10 Movement ecology of crab plovers in a tidal system: exploring the tide 159 or the tide line?
R.A. Bom, T. Piersma, A.Y. Kwarteng, W. Bouten & J.A. van Gils
Manuscript
BOxB Migration of crab plover wintering at Barr Al hikman 186 ChAPTER11 Counts and breeding biology of crab plovers Dromas ardeola on Bubiyan 191
Islands, Kuwait, in 2012–2014
R.A. Bom & Khalid al-Nasrallah
Published in Wader Study in 2015 122, 212–220
BOxC Provisioning by crab plovers 204
ChAPTER12 General Discussion 209
R.A. Bom
References 221
Author affiliations and addresses 242
List of publications 245 Summary / Samenvatting / 247 Acknowledgements / Dankwoord 261
