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Seasonal Abundance Of Oyster Spat And Four Animal Associates On An Oyster Reef In The James River, Virginia, Reinaldo Morales-Alamo, Carrollyn Cox, Kevin J. Mccarthy, Roger L. Mann
Seasonal Abundance Of Oyster Spat And Four Animal Associates On An Oyster Reef In The James River, Virginia, Reinaldo Morales-Alamo, Carrollyn Cox, Kevin J. Mccarthy, Roger L. Mann
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Five species of invertebrates collected at bi-weekly to monthly intervals from an oyster reef in the James River, Virginia. between September 1984 and August 1985 exhibited similar patterns of fluctuation in abundance throughout most of the period. The species were: spat of the oyster Crassostrea virginica: two species that feed on oysters. the flatworm Stylochus ellipticus, and the gastropod Boonea impressa. as well as two others with no known direct trophic interactions with the oyster. the isopod Cassidinidea lunifrons and the nudibranch Doridella obscura. B. impressa was many times more abundant than S. ellipticus but because of the difference in …