DEVELOPMENT OF A NUCLEIC ACID-BASED SPECIFIC GROWTH MODEL FOR JUVENILE BLUE CRAB, CALLINECTES SAPIDUS

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dc.contributor.advisorMiller, Thomas Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorZaveta, Danielle Raeen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMarine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-08T05:41:50Z
dc.date.available2016-09-08T05:41:50Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.description.abstractThe evaluation and identification of habitats that function as nurseries for marine species has the potential to improve conservation and management. A key assessment of nursery habitat is estimating individual growth. However, the discrete growth of crustaceans presents a challenge for many traditional in situ techniques to accurately estimate growth over a short temporal scale. To evaluate the use of nucleic acid ratios (R:D) for juvenile blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), I developed and validated an R:D-based index of growth in the laboratory. R:D based growth estimates of crabs collected in the Patuxent River, MD indicated growth ranged from 0.8-25.9 (mg·g-1·d-1). Overall, there was no effect of size on growth, whereas there was a weak, but significant effect of date. These data provide insight into patterns of habitat-specific growth. These results highlight the complexity of the biological and physical factors which regulate growth of juvenile blue crabs in the field.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2KB9S
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/18777
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental scienceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledblue craben_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledgrowthen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledgrowth indexen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledjuvenile habitaten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrollednucleic aciden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRNA:DNAen_US
dc.titleDEVELOPMENT OF A NUCLEIC ACID-BASED SPECIFIC GROWTH MODEL FOR JUVENILE BLUE CRAB, CALLINECTES SAPIDUSen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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