FEEDING RATES OF THE MUD SHRIMP UPOGEBIA PUGETTENSIS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ESTUARINE PHYTOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE

• Main Authors: B Griffen, C Langdon, T DeWitt
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Burrows; Pacific; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: http://oaspub.epa.gov/eims/eimsapi.dispdetail?deid=62528

The burrowing shrimp Upogebia pugettensis is an abundant inhabitant of Pacific Northwest bays and estuaries where it lives commensally with the clam Cryptomya californica. Suspension-feeding activities of the shrimp and its commensal clam, as well as particle settlement within the burrow, represent...