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Creator:: Bosley, Katelyn Marie
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: years of broad-scale population surveys in Yaquina Bay, Oregon. Mortality rate for adult N

Creator:: Fritz, Cara E.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: NEOTRYPAEA CALIFORNIENSIS IN YAQUINA BAY, OREGON INTRODUCTION The ghost shrimp Neotrypaea califomiensis

Creator:: Cassidy, Katelyn M.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: shrimp recruitment at both Palix River in Willapa Bay, Wash., and Idaho Flats in Yaquina Bay, Ore

Creator:: Jamerlan, Saturnino Juan
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: through Microbial Communities from Yaquina Bay (Oregon) Abstract approved: Patricia A. Wheeler The

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