Transport of blue crab larvae in the middle Atlantic bight: A wet and windy journey

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 723-749

  Epifanio, Charles E ^a   Tilburg, Charles E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRAB; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARVA; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PATCH DYNAMICS; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 67649525405     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224008788064586     Document Type: Article

References (107)

1. Beardsley, R. C., W. C. Boicourt and D. V. Hansen. 1976. Physical oceanography of the Middle Atlantic Bight. Lininol. Oceanogr. Sp. Symp., 2, 20-34.
2. Boicourt, W. C. 1973. The circulation of water on the continental shelf from Chesapeake Bay to Cape Hatteras. Ph. D. dissertation, The Johns Hopkins University, 183 pp.
3. -1982. Estuarine larval retention mechanisms on two scales, in Estuarine Comparisons, V. S. Kennedy, ed., Academic Press.
4. Bumpus, D. R. 1965. Residual drift along the bottom on the continental shelf in the Middle Atlantic Bight area. Limnol. Oceanogr. (Supplement), 10, 50-53.
5. -1969. Reversals in the surface drift in the Middle Atlantic Bight area. Deep Sea Res., 16, 17-23.
6. Chandrasekher N. and R. W. Garvine. 2002. Formation of a shelfbreak front by freshwater discharge. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 36, 103-124.
7. Checkley, D. M., Jr., P. B. Ortner, F. E. Werner, L. R. Settle and S. R. Cummings. 1999. Spawning habitat of the Atlantic menhaden in OnslowBay, North Carolina. Fish. Oceanogr., 8, 22-36.
8. Churchill, E. P. 1921. Life history of the blue crab. Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish, for 1917-1918, 36, 91-128.
9. -1942. The zoeal stages of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons Maryland, Publication No. 49.
10. Churchill, J. H., R. B. Forward, R. A. Luettich, J. L. Hench, W. F. Hettler, L. B. Crowder and J. O. Blanton. 1999. Circulation and larval fish transport within a tidally dominated estuary. Oceanography, 8, 1173-1189.
11. Costlow, J. D. and C. G. Bookhout. 1959. The larval development of Callinectes sapidus Rathbun reared in the laboratory. Biol. Bull., 16, 373-396.
12. - 1965. The effect of environmental factors on larval development of crabs, in Biological Problems in Water Pollution, 3rd Seminar, C. M. Tarzwell, ed., U. S. Public Health Service, Publication No. 999-WP-25.
13. Cowen, R. K., G. Gawarkiewicz, J. Pineda, S. R. Thorrold and F. E. Werner. 2007. Population connectivity in marine systems: An overview. Oceanography, 20, 14-21.
14. Cronin, L. E. 1949. The Maryland crab industry. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons Maryland Publication No. 76.
15. -1950. The Maryland crab industry 1949. Maryland Board of Natural Resources, Department of Research and Education Publication 84, Solomons, Maryland No. 41.
16. Dittel, A. I. and C. E. Epifanio. 1982. Seasonal abundance and vertical distribution of crab larvae in Delaware Bay. Estuaries, 5, 197-202.
17. -1991. Flux of crab larvae in a mangrove creek in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Estuar. Coast.
18. Shelf Sci., 32, 129-140.
19. Doyle, B. E. and R. E. Wilson. 1978. Lateral dynamic balance in the Sandy hook to Rockaway Point transect. Estuar. Coast. Mar. Sci., 6, 165-174.
20. Epifanio, C. E. 1988a. Transport of crab larvae between estuaries and the continental shelf. Lecture Notes on Coastal and Estuarine Studies, 22, 291-305.
21. -1988b. Dispersal strategies of two species of swimming crab on the continental shelf adjacent to Delaware Bay. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 49, 243-248.
22. -1995. Transport of blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) larvae in the waters off Mid-Atlantic States. Bull. Mar. Sci., 57, 713-725.
23. -2007. Larval biology, in The Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus, V. S. Kennedy and L. E. Cronin, eds., Maryland Sea Grant.
24. Epifanio, C. E. and R. W. Garvine. 2001. Larval transport on the Atlantic continental shelf of North America: a review. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci., 52, 51-77.
25. Epifanio, C. E., K. Little and P. M. Rowe. 1988. Dispersal and recruitment of fiddler crab larvae in the Delaware River estuary. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 43, 181-188.
26. Epifanio, C. E., A. K. Masse and R. W. Garvine. 1989. Transport of blue crab larvae by surface currents off Delaware Bay, USA. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 54, 35-41.
27. Epifanio, C. E., C. C. Valenti and A. E. Pembroke. 1984. Dispersal and recruitment of blue crab larvae in Delaware Bay, U. S. A. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci., 18, 1-12.
28. Fogarty, M. J. and L. W. Botsford. 2007. Population connectivity and spatial management of marine fisheries. Oceanography, 20, 112-123.
29. Forward, R. B., Jr. 1990. Responses of crustacean larvae to hydrostatic pressure: behavioral basis of high barokinesis. Mar. Behav. Physiol., 17, 223-232.
30. Forward, R. B., M. C. DeVries, R. A. Tankersley, D. Rittschof, W. F. Hettler, J. Burke, J. M. Welch and D. E. Hoss. 1999. Behavior and sensory physiology of Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus, during horizontal transport. Fish. Oceanogr., 8, 37-56.
31. Forward, R. B., Jr. and R. A. Tankersley. 2001. Selective tidal-stream transport of marine animals. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev., 39, 305-353.
32. Garvine, R. W. 1991. Subtidal frequency estuary-shelf interaction: observations near Delaware Bay. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 7049-7064.
33. - 1995. A dynamical system for classifying buoyant coastal discharges. Cont. Shelf Res., 15, 1585-1596.
34. -1996. Buoyant discharge on the inner continental shelf: a frontal model. J. Mar. Res., 54, 1-33.
35. -1999. Penetration of buoyant coastal discharge onto the continental shelf: a numerical model experiment. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 1892-1909.
36. -2001. The impact of model configuration in studies of buoyant coastal discharge. J. Mar. Res., 59, 193-225.
37. -2004. The vertical structure and subtidal dynamics of the inner shelf off New Jersey. J. Mar. Res., 62, 337-371.
38. Garvine, R. W., C. E. Epifanio, C. C. Epifanio and K. C. Wong. 1997. Transport and recruitment of blue crab larvae: a model with advection and mortality. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci., 45, 99-111.
39. Gawarkiewicz, G., S. Monismith and J. Largier. 2007. Observing larval transport processes affecting population connectivity: Progress and challenges. Oceanography, 20, 40-53.
40. Goodrich, D. M., J. van Montfrans and R. J. Orth. 1989. Blue crab megalopal influx to Chesapeake Bay: evidence for a wind-driven mechanism. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci., 29, 247-260.
41. Hare, J. A., J. A. Quinlan, F. E. Werner, B. O. Blanton, J. J. Govoni, R. B. Forward, L. R. Settle and D. E. Hoss. 1999. Influence of vertical distribution on the outcome of larvae transport during winter in the Carolina Capes Region: results of a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model. Fish. Oceanogr., 8, 57-76.
42. Hines, A. H. 2007. Ecology of juvenile and adult blue crabs, in The Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus, V. S. Kennedy and L. E. Cronin, eds., Maryland Sea Grant.
43. Hopkins, S. H. 1944. The external morphology of the third and the fourth zoeal stages of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. Biol. Bull., 87, 145-152.
44. Johnson, D. F. and K. W. Hess. 1990. Numerical simulations of blue crab larvae dispersal and recruitment. Bull. Mar. Sci., 46, 195-213.
45. Johnson, D. R. 1985. Wind-forced dispersion of blue crab larvae in the Middle Atlantic Bight. Cont. Shelf Res., 4, 773-745.
46. Johnson, D. R. and B. S. Hester. 1989. Larval transport and its association with recruitment of blue crabs to Chesapeake Bay. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci., 28, 459-472.
47. Jones, G. P., M. Srinivasan and G. R. Almany. 2007. Population connectivity and conservation of marine biodiversity. Oceanography, 20, 100-111.
48. Jones, M. B. and C. E. Epifanio. 1995. Settlement of brachyuran megalopae in Delaware Bay: an analysis of time series data. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 125, 61-16.
49. -2005. Patches of crab megalopae in the mouth of Delaware Bay: an analysis of spatial scales. J. Shellfish Res., 24, 261-267.
50. Kennedy, V. S. and L. E. Cronin (eds). 2007. The Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus, Maryland Sea Grant, College Park, MD, 661 pp.
51. Kennedy, V. S., M. Oesterling, M. and W. A. Van Engle. 2007. History of blue crab fisheries on the U. S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts, in The Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus, V. S. Kennedy and L. E. Cronin, eds., Maryland Sea Grant.
52. Leuttich, R. A. Jr., J. L. Hench, C. W. Fulcher, F. E. Werner, B. O. Blanton and J. H. Churchill. 1999. Barotropic, tidal, and wind-driven larvae transport in the vicinity of a barrier island inlet. Oceanography, 8, 190-209.
53. LeVine, D. M., M. Kao, R. W. Garvine and T. Sanders. 1998. Remote sensing of ocean salinity: results from the Delaware coastal current experiment. J. Atmos. Ocean Tech., 15, 1478-1484.
54. Lipcius, R. N., D. B. Egleston, K. L. Heck, Jr., R. D. Seitz and J. van Montfrans. 2007. Ecology of postlarval and young juvenile blue crabs, in The Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus, V. S. Kennedy and L. E. Cronin, eds., Maryland Sea Grant.
55. Little, K. T. and C. E. Epifanio. 1991. Mechanism for the re-invasion of the estuary by two species of brachyuran megalopae. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 68, 235-242.
56. Luckenbach, M. W. and R. J. Orth. 1992. Swimming velocities and behavior of blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) megalopae in still and flowing water. Estuaries, 15, 186-192.
57. McConaugha, J. R., D. F. Johnson, A. J. Provenzano and R. C. Maris. 1983. Seasonal distribution of larvae of Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the waters adjacent to Chesapeake Bay. J. Crustacean Biol., 3, 582-591.
58. Millikin, M. R. and A. B. Williams. 1984. Synopsis of biological data of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 138, NOAA Technical Report NMFS 1.
59. Moody, J. A., B. Butman, R. C. Beardsley, W. S. Brown, P. Daifuku, J. D. Irish, D. A. Mayer, H. O. Mofjeld, B. Petrie, S. Ramp, P. Smith and W. R. Wright. 1984. Atlas of tidal elevation and current observations on the Northeast American Continental Shelf and Slope. U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1611.
60. Münchow, A. and R. W. Garvine. 1993. Dynamical properties of a buoyancy-driven coastal current. J. Geophys. Res., 98, 20063-20077.
61. Natunewicz, C. C. and C. E. Epifanio. 2001. Spatial and temporal scales of zoeal patches in coastal waters. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 212, 217-222.
62. Natunewicz, C. C., C. E. Epifanio and R. W. Garvine. 2001. Tracking patches of crab larvae in the coastal ocean. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 222, 143-154.
63. Pape, E. H. and R. W. Garvine. 1982. The subtidal circulation in Delaware Bay and adjacent shelf waters. J. Geophys. Res., 87, 7955-7970.
64. Park, S., C. E. Epifanio and E. K. Grey. 2004. Behavior of larval Hemigrapsus sanguineus (de Haan) in response to gravity and pressure. J. Mar. Biol. Exp. Ecol., 307, 197-206.
65. Pearson, J. C. 1948. Fluctuations in abundance of the blue crab in Chesapeake Bay. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Scientific Report 16.
66. Perry, H. M. and T. D. Mcllwain. 1986. Species profiles: life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (Gulf of Mexico) -Blue Crab. U. S. Fisheries and Wildlife Service Biological Report 82.
67. Petrone, C. J., L. B. Jancaitis, M. B. Jones, C. C. Natunewicz, C. E. Tilburg and C. E. Epifanio. 2005. Dynamics of larval patches: spatial distribution of fiddler crab larvae in Delaware Bay and adjacent waters. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 293, 177-190.
68. Pietrafesa, L. J., J. O. Blanton, J. D. Wang, V. Kourafalou, T. N. Lee, and K. A. Bush. 1985. The tidal regime in the South Atlantic Bight, in Oceanography of the Southeastern U. S. Continental Shelf, L. P. Atkinson, D. W. Menzel and K. A. Bush, eds., Coastal and Estuarine Series 2, American Geophysical Union.
69. Pineda, J., J. A. Hare and S. Sponaugle. 2007. Larval transport and dispersal in the coastal ocean and consequences for population connectivity. Oceanography, 20, 22-39.
70. Pritchard, D. W. 1952. Salinity distribution and circulation in the Chesapeake Bay estuarine system. J. Mar. Res., 11, 106-123.
71. Provenzano, A. J., J. R. McConaugha, K. Philips, D. F. Johnson and J. Clark. 1983. Vertical distribution of first stage larvae of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci., 16, 489-500.
72. Roughgarden, J., S. Gaines and H. Possingham. 1988. Recruitment dynamics in complex life cycles. Science, 241, 1460-1466.
73. Rowe, P. M. and C. E. Epifanio. 1994. Tidal stream transport of weakfish in Delaware Bay, USA. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 110, 105-114.
74. Sanders, T. M. and R. W. Garvine. 1996. Frontal observations of the Delaware Coastal Current source region. Cont. Shelf Res., 16, 1009-1021.
75. -2001. Fresh water delivery to the continental shelf and subsequent mixing: an observational study. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans., 106, 27087-27101.
76. Sandoz, M. and R. Rogers. 1944. The effect of environmental factors on the hatching, molting, and survival of zoeae of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. Ecology, 2, 216-228.
77. Smyth, P. O. 1980. Callinectes (Decapoda: Portunidae) larvae in the Middle Atlantic Bight, 1975-77. Fish. Bull., 78, 251-265.
78. Steele, J. H. 1991. Marine functional diversity. Bioscience, 41, 470-474.
79. Steppe, C. N. and C. E. Epifanio. 2006. Synoptic distribution of crab larvae near the mouth of Delaware Bay: influence of nearshore hydrographic regimes. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci., 70, 654-662.
80. Sulkin, S. 1975. The significance of diet in the growth and development of larvae of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, under laboratory conditions. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 20, 119-135.
81. Sulkin, S. D. 1978. Nutritional requirements during larval development of the portunid crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 34, 29-41.
82. -1984. Behavioural basis of depth regulation in the larvae of brachyuran crabs. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 15, 181-205.
83. Sulkin, S. D. and C. E. Epifanio. 1986. A conceptual model for recruitment of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, to estuaries of the Middle Atlantic Bight, in North Pacific Workshop on Stock Assessment and Management of the Invertebrates, G. S. Jamieson and N. Bourne, eds., Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 92, 177-223.
84. Sulkin, S. D. and W. F. Van Heukelem. 1986. Variability in the length of the megalopal stage and its consequence to dispersal and recruitment in the portunid crab Callinectes Sapidus Rathbun. Bull. Mar. Sci., 39, 269-278.
85. Tagatz, M. E. and B. Hall. 1971. Annotated bibliography on the fishing industry and biology of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. NOAA Technical Report. NMFS SSRF-640.
86. Tilburg, C. E., A. I. Dittel and C. E. Epifanio. 2007. Retention of crab larvae in a coastal null zone. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci., 72, 570-578.
87. -2009. High concentrations of crab larvae along the offshore edge of a coastal current: Effects of convergent circulation. Fisheries Oceanogr. (in press).
88. Tilburg, C. E. and R. W. Garvine. 2003. Three-dimensional flow in a shallow coastal upwelling zone: alongshore convergence and divergence on the New Jersey shelf. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33, 2113-2125.
89. Tilburg, C. E., L. T. Houser, C. C. Steppe (Natunewicz), R. W. Garvine and C. E. Epifanio. 2006. Effects of coastal transport on larval patches: models and observations. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci., 67, 145-160.
90. Tilburg, C. E., C. D. Kernehan, A. U. Andon and C. E. Epifanio. 2008. Modeling estuarine ingress of blue crab megalopae: Effects of temporal patterns in larval release. J. Mar. Res., 66, 392-412.
91. Tilburg, C. E., M. M. Whitney and J. T. Reager. 2005. The physics of blue crab larval recruitment in Delaware Bay: A model study. J. Mar. Res., 63, 471-495.
92. Truitt, R. V. 1939. Our water sources and their conservation. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD. Contribution No. 27. 103 pp.
93. Van Den Avyle, M. J. and D. L. Fowler. 1984. Species profiles: life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (South Atlantic) -blue crab. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service FWS/OBS/11.19, 16p.
94. Van Engel, W. A. 1958. The blue crab and its fishery in Chesapeake Bay. Part I. Reproduction, early development, growth, and migration. Commer. Fish. Rev., 20, 6-17.
95. van Montfrans, J., C. E. Epifanio, D. M. Knott, R. N. Lipcius, D. J. Mense, K. S. Metcalf, E. J. Olmi III, R. J. Orth, M. H. Posey, E. L. Wenner and T. L. West. 1995. Settlement of blue crab postlarvae in western North Atlantic estuaries. Bull. Mar. Sci., 57, 834-854.
96. Welch, J. M. and C. E. Epifanio. 1995. Effect of variations in prey abundance on growth and development of crab larvae reared in the laboratory and in large, field-deployed enclosures. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 116, 55-64.
97. Werner, F. E., B. O. Blanton, J. A. Quinlan and R. A. Leuttich. 1999. Physical oceanography of the North Carolina continental shelf during the fall and winter seasons: implications to the transport of larval mehaden. Fish. Oceanogr., 8 (Suppl. 2), 7-21.
98. Whitney, M. M., and R. W. Garvine. 2005. Wind influence on a coastal buoyant outflow. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 110, Issue C3, Article Number C03014.
99. -2006. Simulating a coastal buoyant outflow: Comparison to observation. J. Physical Oceanogr., 36, 3-21.
100. -2008. Estimating tidal current amplitudes outside estuaries and characterizing the zone of estuarine tidal influence. Cont. Shelf Res., 28, 380-390.
101. Williams, A. B. 1974. The swimming crabs of the genus Callinectes (Decapods: Portunidae). Fish. Bull., 72, 685-798.
102. Wiseman, W. J., Jr. and R. W. Garvine. 1995. Plumes and coastal currents near large river mouths. Estuaries, 18, 509-517.
103. Wong, K. C. and R. W. Garvine. 1984. Observations of wind-induced subtidal variability in the Delaware estuary. J. Geophys. Res., 89, 10589-10597.
104. Wong, K. C., J. E. Moses-Hall. 1998. The tidal and subtidal variations in the transverse salinity and current distributions across a coastal plain estuary. J. Mar. Res., 56, 489-517.
105. Wong, K. C. and A. Munchow. 1995. Buoyancy forced interaction between estuary and inner shelf: observation. Cont. Shelf Res., 15, 59-88.
106. Yankovsky, A. E., R. W. Garvine and A. Munchow. 2000. Mesoscale currents on the inner New Jersey shelf driven by the interaction of buoyancy and wind forcing. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 2214-2230.
107. Ye, J. H. and R. W. Garvine. 1998. A model study of estuary and shelf tidally driven circulation. Cont. Shelf Res., 18, 1125-1155.