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ESTUARIES AND COASTS
卷 35, 期 2, 页码 501-514出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s12237-011-9463-x
关键词
Blue crab; Nekton; Penaeid shrimp; Spartina alterniflora; Tidal hydrology
资金
- Southeast Regional Habitat Office of the National Marine Fisheries Service
- National Research Council at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory
Flooding of salt marshes controls access to the marsh surface for aquatic organisms and likely regulates the value and use of this habitat for juvenile fishery species. We examined geographic variability in marsh access by measuring tidal flooding characteristics in 15 Spartina alterniflora marshes in the southeastern US between South Texas and lower Chesapeake Bay. Flooding duration and flooding frequency were correlated with the elevation of the marsh edge in relation to mean low water and with the tidal range. Mean annual flooding duration over the years 2006-2008 was highest in Texas (91.5% in Aransas Bay) and North Carolina (89.3% in Pamlico Sound) and lowest in Timbalier Bay, LA (54%) and the lower Carolinas and Georgia (55-57%). We used published data on densities of blue crabs and penaeid shrimps as a measure of habitat selection, and there was a positive relationship between marsh selection and flooding duration.
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