A year-long field study was undertaken to investigate the influence of a number of physical and biological factors, specifically temperature, organic carbon content, and shrimp population dynamics on sediment reworking rates by the ghost shrimp Neotrypaea calforniensis. Because of its role as a structuring agent in estuaries along the West...
Two indigenous species of burrowing shrimp inhabit and often dominate the intertidal zone of estuaries along the US West Coast, the ghost shrimp, Neotrypaea californiensis, and the blue mud shrimp, Upogebia pugettensis. Both species are considered ecosystem engineers and play a role in maintaining estuarine health and ecosystem function. They...
Determining age in crustaceans is inherently imprecise because they molt
periodically and do not retain hard structures throughout their lifespan. Morphological
measurements, such as carapace length, are often used to estimate age because
methods for direct ageing do not exist. However, variability in individual growth rate
and molt frequency can...
Opossum shrimp, Mysis relicta Loven, were collected at Upper Waterton Lake, Alberta, Canada in the summer of 1967, terminating a three-year project. Approximately 1,090,000 Mysis were transplanted into Big Cultus, Crescent, Detroit, Fourmile, Ice, Miller, Odell, Olive, Timothy, Waldo, and Wallowa Lakes in an attempt to enhance the quantity of...
Opossum shrimp Mysis relicta were collected in Upper Waterton Lake, Alberta, Canada, in the summer of 1966 for the second successive year. Approximately 650,000 were collected and introduced into Waldo, Wallowa, Big Cultus, Crescent, and Timothy Lakes in Oregon.
The Opossum shrimp Mysis relicta were collected in Upper Waterton Lake, Alberta, Canada in late August and early September 1965. Approximately 320,000 shrimp were introduced into Waldo, Wallowa, Big Cultus and Timothy Lakes in Oregon.
The 13 species of shrimps studied for this thesis were collected
off the Oregon coast. The family Oplophoridae is well represented
in this area. Five of the seven known genera were identified.
Hymenodora frontalis, H. glacialis, and H. gracilis were described
and further differentiating characters were illustrated. Other members
of...