The importance of predation by crabs and fishes on benthic infauna in Chesapeake Bay

Member of
HBOI Faculty Contributions
Contributors
Virnstein, Robert W.
Publisher
The Ecological Society of America
Date Issued
1977
Note

The significance of large motile predators in controlling the distribution and abundance of the macrobenthic invertebrates within the sediments (the infauna) in a shallow subtidal sand community was tested using manipulative field experiments. The blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and 2 species of bottom—feeding fishes, spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) and hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus), were either excluded from or confined to small areas using wire mesh cages.

Language
English
Type
Text
Genre
article
Extent
20 p.
Subject (Topical)
Predation (Biology)
Predatory animals--Ecology
Benthic animals
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Estuaries
Identifier
3174984
Additional Information
The significance of large motile predators in controlling the distribution and abundance of the macrobenthic invertebrates within the sediments (the infauna) in a shallow subtidal sand community was tested using manipulative field experiments. The blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and 2 species of bottom—feeding fishes, spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) and hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus), were either excluded from or confined to small areas using wire mesh cages.
This manuscript is available athttp://www.esajournals.org/loi/ecol and may be cited as: Virnstein, R. W. (1977). The importance of predation by crabs and fishes on benthic infauna in Chesapeake Bay. Ecology, 58(6), 1199-1217.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #85.
Date Backup
1977
Date Text
1977
Date Issued (EDTF)
1977
Extension


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FADT3174984
Issuance
single unit
Organizations
Attributed name: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Person Preferred Name

Virnstein, Robert W.

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pdf
20 p.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174984
Title Plain
The importance of predation by crabs and fishes on benthic infauna in Chesapeake Bay
URL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174984
Origin Information

The Ecological Society of America
1977
single unit
Title
The importance of predation by crabs and fishes on benthic infauna in Chesapeake Bay
Other Title Info

The importance of predation by crabs and fishes on benthic infauna in Chesapeake Bay