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- Title
Protective refuges for seeded juvenile scallops (Placopecten magellanicus) from sea star (Asterias spp.) and crab (Cancer irroratus and Carcinus maenas) predation.
- Authors
Wong, Melisa C.; Barbeau, Myriam A.; Hennigar, Allan W.; Robinson, Shawn M. C.
- Abstract
We examined two methods to provide refuge for seeded juvenile sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus) from sea star (Asterias spp.) and crab (Cancer irroratus and Carcinus maenas) predation by considering (i) initial density of seeded scallops and (ii) presence of an alternative prey species (blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)). In the seeding density experiment, underwater plots were seeded with different densities of scallops (1, 6, and 69·m–2). In the alternative prey experiment, plots were seeded with one density of scallops (5·m–2) and different densities of mussels (0, 5, and 30·m–2). Animal densities were monitored over time, and predation rate was estimated using tethered scallops. In the seeding density experiment, scallop density in plots initially seeded with 6 scallops·m–2 decreased at the slowest rate. Estimated predation rate of scallops in all plots tended to increase with prey density. In the alternative prey experiment, mussel density decreased immediately after seeding, while scallop density decreased after approximately 1 week. Estimated predation rate of scallops decreased with increasing mussel density. Also, sea stars aggregated in plots containing scallops and mussels. In both experiments, 17%–58% of seeded scallops were lost to dispersal, and final scallop density was approximately 1·m–2, independent of treatment.
- Subjects
PLACOPECTEN magellanicus; SCALLOPS; ASTERIAS; CRABS; CARCINUS maenas; PREDATION
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, 2005, Vol 62, Issue 8, p1766
- ISSN
0706-652X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/F05-092