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Broad-Scale Association Between Seagrass Cover And Juvenile Blue Crab Density In Chesapeake Bay, Gina M. Ralph, Rochelle D. Seitz, R J. Orth, Kathleen E. Knick, Rom Lipcius
Broad-Scale Association Between Seagrass Cover And Juvenile Blue Crab Density In Chesapeake Bay, Gina M. Ralph, Rochelle D. Seitz, R J. Orth, Kathleen E. Knick, Rom Lipcius
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Although numerous small-scale laboratory, mesocosm, and field experiments have demonstrated that abundance, survival, and growth of juvenile fish and invertebrates are higher in vegetated than in unvegetated habitats, the effect of habitat quality (i.e. habitat complexity) within vegetated habitats has not been documented at a broad spatial scale. We examined the relationship between percent cover in seagrass beds (eelgrass Zostera marina, widgeon grass Ruppia maritima, and associated macroalgae) and juvenile blue crab Callinectes sapidus density at a broad spatial scale. We quantified the functional relationship between juvenile density and percent cover of vegetation by sampling in Chesapeake Bay (USA) seagrass …