Animal abundance and food availability in coastal lagoons and intertidal marine sediments

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-202

  Barnes, R S K ^a   De Villiers, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INVERTEBRATE; LAGOON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPETITION; UNITED KINGDOM;

COASTAL LAGOON; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ZOOBENTHOS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034065277     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315499001782     Document Type: Article

References (68)

1. Armonies, W., 1994. Drifting meio-and macrobenthic invertebrates on tidal flats in Königshafen: a review. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, 48, 299-318.
2. Armonies, W. & Hartke, D., 1995. Floating of mud snails Hydrobia ulvae in tidal waters of the Wadden Sea, and its implications in distribution patterns. Helgoländer Meeresun tersuchungen, 49, 529-538.
3. Asmus, H. & Asmus, R., 1985. The importance of grazing food chain for energy flow and production in three intertidal sand bottom communities of the northern Wadden Sea. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, 39, 273-301.
4. Bachelet, G. & Yacine-Kassab, M., 1987. Intégration de la phase post-recrutée dans la dynamique des populations du gastéropode intertidal Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant). Journal of Experimental Alarme Biology and Ecology, 111, 37-60.
5. Bamber, R.N., 1997. Assessment of saline lagoons within Special Areas of Conservation. English Nature Research Reports, no. 235, 55 pp.
6. Barnes, R.S.K., 1981. An experimental study of the pattern and significance of the climbing behaviour of Hydrobia ulvae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 61, 285-399.
7. Barnes, R.S.K., 1988. On reproductive strategies in adjacent lagoonal and intertidal-marine populations of the gastropod Hydrobia ulvae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 68, 365-375.
8. Barnes, R.S.K., 1990. Reproductive strategies in contrasting populations of the coastal gastropod Hydrobia ulvae. II. Longevity and life-time egg production. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 138, 183-200.
9. Barnes, R.S.K., 1991. European estuaries and lagoons: a personal overview of problems and possibilities for conservation and management. Aquatic Conservation, 1, 79-87.
10. Barnes, R.S.K., 1993. Reproductive strategies in contrasting populations of the coastal gastropod Hydrobia. III. Lagoonal versus intertidal-marine H. neglecta. Vie et Milieu, 43, 73-83.
11. Barnes, R.S.K., 1994a. Macrofaunal community structure and life histories in coastal lagoons. In Coastal lagoon processes (ed. B. Kjerfve), pp. 311-362. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. [Elsevier Oceanography Series, no. 60.]
12. Barnes, R.S.K., 1994b. Investment in eggs in lagoonal Hydrobia ventrosa and a comparison of life-history strategy in north-west European Hydrobia species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 74, 637-650.
13. Barnes, R.S.K., 1996. Breeding, recruitment and survival in a mixed intertidal population of the mudsnails Hydrobia ulvae and H. neglecta. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 76, 1003-1012.
14. Barnes, R.S.K., 1998. The effects of movement on population density estimates of mudflat epifauna. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 78, 377-385.
15. Barnes, R.S.K., 1999a. The geomorphology and ecology of the shingle-impounded coastal lagoon systems of Britain. In The ecology and geomorphology of coastal shingle (ed. J.R. Packham et al.). Yorkshire: Westbury. [In press.]
16. Barnes, R.S.K., 1999b. What determines the distribution of coastal hydrobiid mudsnails within northwestern Europe? Marine Ecology, 20, in press.
17. Barnes, R.S.K. & Gandolfi, S.M., 1998. Is the lagoonal mudsnail Hydrobia neglecta rare because of competitively-induced reproductive depression and, if so, what are the implications for its conservation. Aquatic Conservation, 8, 737-744.
18. Beukema, J.J., 1976. Biomass and species richness of the macrobenthic animals living in the tidal flats in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research, 10, 236-261.
19. Cadée, G.C. & Hegeman, J., 1974. Primary production of the benthic microflora living on tidal flats in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research, 8, 260-291.
20. Cammen, L.M., 1989. The relationship between ingestion rate of deposit feeders and sediment nutritional value. In Ecology of marine deposit feeders (ed. G. Lopez et al.), pp. 201-222. New York: Springer Verlag.
21. Coles, S.M., 1979. Benthic microalgal populations on intertidal sediments and their role as precursors to salt marsh development. In Ecological processes in coastal environments (ed. R.L. Jefferies and A.J. Davy), pp 25-42. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.
22. Downie, A.J., 1996. Saline lagoons and lagoon-like saline ponds in England. English Nature Science Series, no. 29, 150 pp.
23. Drake, P. & Arias, A.M., 1995. Distribution and production of three Hydrobia species (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) in a shallow coastal lagoon in the Bay of Cádiz, Spain. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 61, 185-196.
24. Eve, V. & Hibberd, G.F., undated. Bird-finders guide to the Norfolk coast. Norwich: Norfolk Naturalists Trust.
25. Fenchel, T., 1975. Factors determining the distribution patterns of mud snails (Hydrobiidae). Oecologia, 29, 1-17.
26. Fenchel, T. & Kofoed, L.H., 1976. Evidence for exploitative interspecific competition in mud snails (Hydrobiidae). Oikos, 27, 367-376.
27. Flach, E.C., 1996. The influence of the cockle, Cerastoderma edule, on the macrozoobenthic community of tidal flats in the Wadden Sea. Marine Ecology, 17, 87-98.
28. Forbes, V.E. & Lopez, G.R., 1986. Changes in feeding and crawling rates of Hydrobia truncata (Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae) in response to sedimentary chlorophyll-a and recently egested sediment. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 33, 287-294.
29. Forbes, V.E. & Lopez, G.R., 1989a. The role of sediment particle size in the nutritional energetics of a surface deposit-feeder. I. Ingestion and absorption of sedimentary microalgae by Hydrobia truncata (Vanatta). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 126, 181-192.
30. 14C loss from uniformly labelled Hydrobia truncata (Vanatta). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 126, 193-202.
31. Gosselin, L.A. & Qian, P.-Y., 1997. Juvenile mortality in benthic marine invertebrates. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 146, 265-282.
32. Greiser, N. & Faubel, A., 1988. Biotic factors. In Introduction to the study of meiofauna (ed. R.P. Higgins and H. Thiel), pp 79-114. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution.
33. Hall, S.J., 1994. Physical disturbance and marine benthic communities: life in unconsolidated sediments. Oceanography and Marine Biology. Annual Review, 32, 179-239.
34. Hunt, O.D., 1971. Holkham Salts Hole, an isolated salt-water pond with relict features. An account based on studies by the late C.F.A. Pantin. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 51, 717-741.
35. Hylleberg, J. & Siegismund, H.R., 1987. Niche overlap in mud snails (Hydrobiidae): freezing tolerance. Marine Biology, 94, 403-407.
36. Jaklin, S. & Günther, C.-P., 1996. Macrobenthic driftfauna of the Grüningen Plate. Senckenbergiana Maritima, 26, 127-134.
37. Jensen, K.T. & Kristensen, L.D., 1990. A field experiment on competition between Corophium volutator (Pallas) and Corophium arenarium Crawford (Crustacea: Amphipoda): effects on survival, reproduction and recruitment. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 137, 1-24.
38. Jensen, K.T. & Siegismund, H.R., 1980. The importance of diatoms and bacteria in the diet of Hydrobia-species. Ophelia, Supplement 1, 193-199.
39. Joint, I.R., 1978. Microbial production of an estuarine mudflat. Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science, 7, 185-195.
40. Lassen, H.H. & Kristensen, J.H., 1978. Tolerance to abiotic factors in mudsnails (Hydrobiidae). Natura Jutlandica, 20, 243-250.
41. Leach, J.H., 1970. Epibenthic algal production in an intertidal mudflat. Limnology and Oceanography, 15, 514-521.
42. Levinton, J.S., 1972. Stability and trophic structure in deposit-feeding and suspension-feeding communities. American Naturalist, 106, 472-486.
43. Levinton, J.S. & Bianchi, T.S., 1981. Nutrition and food limitation of deposit feeders. I. The role of microbes in the growth of mud snails (Hydrobiidae). Journal of Marine Research, 39, 531-545.
44. Levinton, J.S. & Lopez, G.R., 1977. A model of renewable resources and limitation of deposit-feeding benthic populations. Oecologia, 31, 177-190.
45. Lopez, G.R. & Levinton, J.S., 1978. The availability of microorganisms attached to sediment particles as food for Hydrobia ventrosa Montagu (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Oecologia, 32, 263-275.
46. López-Figueroa, F. & Niell, F.X., 1987. Feeding behaviour of Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant) in microcosms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 114, 153-167.
47. McArthur, V.E., 1998a. Post-settlement mortality of juvenile lagoonal cockles (Cerastoderma glaucum: Mollusca: Bivalvia). Marine Biology, 132, 117-122.
48. McArthur, V.E., 1998b. Predation and the survival of juvenile Cerastoderma glaucum Bruguière (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 225, 79-97.
49. McArthur, V.E., 1998c. Predation on juvenile lagoonal mud snails (Hydrobia neglecta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 78, 891-901.
50. Morrisey, D.J., 1987. Effect of population density and presence of a potential competitor on the growth rate of the mud snail Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 108, 275-295.
51. Moss, B., 1998. Ecology of fresh water, 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science.
52. Muus, B.J., 1967. The faunas of Danish estuaries and lagoons. Distribution and ecology of dominating species in the shallow reaches of the mesohaline zone. Meddelelser fra Danmarks Fiskeri-og Havundersøgelser (Ny Serie), 5, 1-316.
53. Ólafsson, E.B., 1986. Density dependence in suspension-feeding and deposit-feeding populations of the bivalve Macoma balthica: a field experiment. Journal of Animal Ecology, 55, 517-526.
54. Ólafsson, E.B., Peterson, C.H. & Ambrose, W.G. Jr, 1994. Does recruitment limitation structure populations and communities of macro-invertebrates in marine soft sediments: the relative significance of pre-and post-settlement processes. Oceanography and Marine Biology. Annual Review, 32, 65-109.
55. Pashley, H.E., 1985. Feeding and optimization - the foraging behaviour of Nereis diversicolor (Polychaeta). PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, Cambridge.
56. Peterson, C.H., 1979. Predation, competitive exclusion, and diversity in the soft-sediment benthic communities of estuaries and lagoons. In Ecological processes in coastal and marine systems (ed. R.J. Livingston), pp. 233-264. New York: Plenum Press.
57. Piersma, T., Goeij, P. de & Tulp, I., 1993. An evaluation of intertidal feeding habitats from a shorebird perspective: towards relevant comparisons between temperate and tropical mudflats. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research, 31, 503-512.
58. Planas, M. & Mora, J., 1987. Dinámica poblacional de Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant) en la ria de Pontevedra (NO España). Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 28, 447-464.
59. Reise, K., 1985. Tidal flat ecology. Berlin: Springer Verlag.
60. Ricciardi, A. & Bourget, E., 1998. Weight-to-weight conversion factors for marine benthic macroinvertebrates. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 163, 245-251.
61. Schmidt-Nielsen, K., 1984. Animal physiology, 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
62. Siegismund, H.R., 1982. Life-cycle and production of Hydrobia ventrosa and H. neglecta (Mollusca: Prosobranchia). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 7, 75-82.
63. Snelgrove, P.V.R. & Butman, C.A., 1994. Animal-sediment relationships revisited: cause versus effect. Oceanography and Marine Biology. Annual Review, 32, 111-177.
64. Steele, J.H., 1974. The structure of marine ecosystems. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.
65. Van der Veer, H.W., Feller, R.J., Weber, A. & Witte, J.I., 1998. Importance of predation by crustaceans upon bivalve spat in the intertidal zone of the Dutch Wadden Sea as revealed by immunological assay of gut contents. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 231, 139-157.
66. Wilson, W.H., 1989. Predation and the mediation of intraspecific competition in an infaunal community in the Bay of Fundy. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 132, 221-245.
67. Wilson, W.H., 1991. Competition and predation in marine soft-sediment communities. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 21, 221-241.
68. Wolff, W.J., 1987. Flora and macrofauna of intertidal sediments. In Biological surveys of estuaries and coasts (ed. J.M. Baker and W.J. Wolff), pp. 81-105. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.