Ecological drivers and habitat associations of estuarine bivalves

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dc.contributor.authorMcKeon, C. Seabird
dc.contributor.authorTunberg, Bjorn G.
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, Cora A.
dc.contributor.authorBarshis, Daniel J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-30T18:35:08Z
dc.date.available2017-08-30T18:35:08Z
dc.date.issued2015-11-12
dc.descriptionFunding for Open Access provided by the UMD Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund.en_US
dc.description.abstractCommunity composition of the infaunal bivalve fauna of the St. Lucie Estuary and southern Indian River Lagoon, eastern Florida was sampled quarterly for 10 years as part of a long-term benthic monitoring program. A total of 38,514 bivalves of 137 taxa were collected and identified. We utilized this data, along with sediment samples and environmental measurements gathered concurrently, to assess the community composition, distribution, and ecological drivers of the infaunal bivalves of this estuary system. Salinity had the strongest influence on bivalve assemblage across the 15 sites, superseding the influences of sediment type, water turbidity, temperature and other environmental parameters. The greatest diversity was found in higher salinity euhaline sites, while the greatest abundance of individual bivalves was found in medium salinity mixohaline sites, the lowest diversity and abundances were found in the low salinity oligohaline sites, demonstrating a strong positive association between salinity and diversity/abundance. Water management decisions for the estuary should incorporate understanding of the role of salinity on bivalve diversity, abundance, and ecosystemfunction.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2KD1QK6N
dc.identifier.citationMcKeon et al. (2015), Ecological drivers and habitat associations of estuarine bivalves. PeerJ 3:e1348; DOI 10.7717/peerj.1348en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/19678
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPubMeden_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtEntomologyen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtCollege of Computer, Mathematical & Natural Sciencesen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)en_us
dc.subjectBivalveen_US
dc.subjectEstuaryen_US
dc.subjectBiodiversityen_US
dc.subjectWater flowen_US
dc.subjectSalinityen_US
dc.subjectSedimenten_US
dc.titleEcological drivers and habitat associations of estuarine bivalvesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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