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Barnacle plate sediment production by sheepshead, the Indian River, Florida

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Date Issued:
1984
Title: Barnacle plate sediment production by sheepshead, the Indian River, Florida.
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Name(s): Hoskin, Charles M., creator
Reed, John K., creator
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1984
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Extent: 4 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3176729 (digitool), FADT3176729 (IID), fau:5865 (fedora), 10.1007/BF02237975 (doi)
Note(s): Living barnacles eaten by sheepshead fishes results in the production of broken barnacle plate sediment. The yearly rate of production of broken barnacle plates varies seasonally, with the largest mean flux in summer and the least in winter. The mean grain size mode of broken barnacle plates is positively correlated with the flux of broken barnacle plates. Experiments with exclusion and inclusion cages support the postulation that increases in flux and size of broken barnacle plates are caused by the feeding activity of larger sheepshead.
This manuscript is an author version with the final publicationavailable at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Hoskin, C. M., & Reed, J. K. (1984).Barnacle plate sediment production by sheepshead, the Indian River, Florida. Geo-Marine Letters, 4(1), 55-57. doi:10.1007/BF02237975
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #364.
Subject(s): Sheepshead (Fish)
Freshwater drum
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3176729
Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02237975
Restrictions on Access: ©1984 Springer-Verlag
Host Institution: FAU