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The Effect Of Storm Events On Diet Of Adult Mummichogs (Fundulus Heteroclitus), Jessica S. Thompson, Cade P. Cobbs, Emma S. Dryden, Heather D. Harwell
The Effect Of Storm Events On Diet Of Adult Mummichogs (Fundulus Heteroclitus), Jessica S. Thompson, Cade P. Cobbs, Emma S. Dryden, Heather D. Harwell
Virginia Journal of Science
More frequent storms due to climate change may impact estuarine species such as the mummichog (Fundulus hetereoclitus), an ecologically important salt marsh fish. This study investigated the effect of storm events and month on consumption of terrestrial insects by mummichogs in Hoffler Creek, Portsmouth, VA, as well as the effect of storms on consumption of major categories of benthic prey. Samples were taken monthly in the summers of 2017 and 2019. Additional paired samples were taken in June and July 2019, with the first collection during dry weather and the second during a subsequent storm. Month had a …