Particle Removal Rates by the Mud Shrimp Upogebia pugettensis , its Burrow, and a Commensal Clam: Effects on Estuarine Phytoplankton Abundance

• Main Authors: Griffen, Blaine D., DeWitt, Theodore H., Langdon, Chris
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholar Commons 2004
• Subjects: Suspension feeding; Burrowing shrimp; Upogebia pugettensis; Cryptomya californica; Yaquina; Biology; Burrows; Pacific; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/biol_facpub/40; https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1047&context=biol_facpub

The burrowing shrimp Upogebia pugettensis is an abundant intertidal invertebrate of Pacific Northwest, USA bays and estuaries where it lives commensally with the bivalve Cryptomya californica. Suspension-feeding activities by the shrimp and by its commensal clam, as well as particle settlement withi...