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Predation on estuarine infauna: Response patterns of component species
| Title: | Predation on estuarine infauna: Response patterns of component species. |
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| Name(s): |
Virnstein, Robert W., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1979 | |
| Publisher: | Springer Science+Business Media | |
| Extent: | 19 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3174215 (digitool), FADT3174215 (IID), fau:5782 (fedora), 10.2307/1351631 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
The effect of predation by blue crabs and fishes on all species of infaunal macrobenthos of a subtidal sandy bottom in the York River, Virginia, was investigated by manipulative field experiments. Wire mesh cages were used both to exclude all large predators from and to confine different predators to small areas of the natural bottom. After 2 months, many species showed significant differences between the various treatments. There were similar patterns of species responses in three separate years. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Virnstein, R. W. (1979).Predation on estuarine infauna: Response patterns of component species. Estuaries, 2(2), 69-86. doi:10.2307/1351631 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #99. |
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| Subject(s): |
Predation (Biology) Blue crab Fishes Species Estuarine animals |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174215 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1351631 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1979 Estuarine Research Federation | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
