Blue Mussel Stable Isotope Analysis on Islands of the Virginia Coast

• Main Authors: Karpanty, Sarah, Heller, Erin, Fraser, James, Cohen, Jonathan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2021
• Subjects: Barrier Islands; Calidris canutus; Red Knot
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/fb52d21c995415503bea9af81f755c6c; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-vcr.320.2

Blue Mussel Stable Isotope Analysis on Islands of the Virginia Coast As climate change causes ocean temperatures to rise, some intertidal organisms, like blue mussels (Mytilus edulis), are retreating northward. Species that consume blue mussels, like the federally-threatened red knot (Calidris canut...