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Ontogenetic Diet Shifts In Nassau Grouper: Trophic Linkages And Predatory Impact, Db Eggleson, Jj Grover, Rom Lipcius
Ontogenetic Diet Shifts In Nassau Grouper: Trophic Linkages And Predatory Impact, Db Eggleson, Jj Grover, Rom Lipcius
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Understanding which fauna and flora from seagrass beds serve as primary food for reef-based commuters is critical in defining trophic linkages between shallow-water habitats of tropical oceanic regions. Although numerous studies have documented the relative importance of crustaceans in the diet of reef fishes associated with tropical seagrass meadows, it is unknown if trophic importance corresponds to a significant effect on prey distribution and abundance patterns. We quantified size-specific diet of juvenile Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) inhabiting natural and artificial patch reefs, and manipulated the density of artificial patch reefs (0, 8, and 16 patch reefs per ha) to examine …
Oyster Reef Broodstock Enhancement In The Great Wicomico River, Virginia, Melissa Southworth, Roger L. Mann
Oyster Reef Broodstock Enhancement In The Great Wicomico River, Virginia, Melissa Southworth, Roger L. Mann
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The Great Wicomico River is a small, trap-type estuary on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay that once supported substantial oyster populations. These populations were essentially eliminated by the combined effects of Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972, and subsequent disease mortalities related to Perkinsus marinus and Haplosporidium nelsoni. Oyster broodstock enhancement was initiated in June 1996 by the construction of a three-dimensional intertidal reef with oyster shell, followed by the "seeding," in December 1996, of that reef with high densities of large oysters from disease-challenged populations in Pocomoke and Tangier Sound. Calculations of estimated fecundity of the reef population …
Blue Crab Resources In Other Countries: Implications For The Us Industry, Michael J. Oesterling
Blue Crab Resources In Other Countries: Implications For The Us Industry, Michael J. Oesterling
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The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, supports a major fishery in the United States. In recent years, domestic crab meat processors have been besieged by imports into their traditional national marketplace. The direct substitutability of the meat from other Callinectes species or other portunid crabs for domestically produced product has contributed to this influx. "Blue" crabs occur worldwide. Within the genus Callinectes, there are 14 different species, with distributions on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and along the Pacific coast of the Americas. Other species of portunid crabs that can be exploited for crab meat production occur throughout tropical regions …
Estimation Of Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica, Standing Stock, Larval Production And Advective Loss In Relation To Observed Recruitment In The James River, Virginia, Roger L. Mann, David A. Evans
Estimation Of Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica, Standing Stock, Larval Production And Advective Loss In Relation To Observed Recruitment In The James River, Virginia, Roger L. Mann, David A. Evans
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Standing stock and demographic data for oysters, Crassostrea virginica, in the James River, Virginia are used to generate spatial estimates of egg production on a reef-specific basis. Subsequent estimates are made of losses related to density-dependent fertilization, natural mortality in the plankton, advective loss related to estuarine circulation, availability of substrate (both absolute amounts and after occlusion by fouling organisms), limited competency of pediveligers to metamorphose, and post settlement mortality to an age of 4 wk post metamorphosis. Reef-specific egg production is highly variable on a per unit basis within the James. In all reef systems fertilization losses approach two …
Spatiotemporal Variation In Postlarval Recruitment Of The Caribbean Spiny Lobster In The Central Bahamas: Lunar And Seasonal Periodicity, Spatial Coherence, And Wind Forcing, Db Eggleston, Rom Lipcius, Ls Marshall, Sg Ratchford
Spatiotemporal Variation In Postlarval Recruitment Of The Caribbean Spiny Lobster In The Central Bahamas: Lunar And Seasonal Periodicity, Spatial Coherence, And Wind Forcing, Db Eggleston, Rom Lipcius, Ls Marshall, Sg Ratchford
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A large-scale recruitment study of the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus in the central Bahamas identified (1) strong spatial coherence in settlement to inshore nursery habitats, (2) temporal variability due in part to stochastic wind forcing, and (3) lunar and seasonal periodicity in settlement. First, we quantified lunar variation in settlement on standardized artificial substrates to determine whether or not intra- and inter-annual variability in recruitment could be adequately described by measuring influx of postlarvae during the first quarter of each new moon, as suggested by previous studies. Next, we compared settlement data obtained from artificial surface substrates to concentrations …