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Movements and habitat use of the queen scallop, Equichlamys bifrons, in the D'Entrecasteaux channel and Huon River estuary, Tasmania
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Wolf, BM and White, RWG, Movements and habitat use of the queen scallop, Equichlamys bifrons, in the D'Entrecasteaux channel and Huon River estuary, Tasmania , Journal of Shellfish Research, 16, (2) pp. 533-539. ISSN 0730-8000 (1997) [Refereed Article]
Abstract
Movements and habitat use of the queen scallop, Equichlamys bifrons, were investigated in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and Huon River estuary, Tasmania. Movements in E. bifrons were very local. In areas of strong current flow, movement occurred predominantly along the axis of the water current. There was evidence for an up-slope movement in areas of weak current flow. In sheltered bays, E. bifrons occurs more frequently in seagrass beds than on adjacent sand areas. Possible reasons for this distribution were investigated with both tethered and tagged scallops. Predation by the 11-armed spiny starfish, Coscinasterias muricata, and the octopus, Octopus maorum, on scallops was much higher on sand than in seagrass. Tagged scallops moved from sand areas to seagrass areas, but not from seagrass to sand.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Ecology |
Research Field: | Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) |
Objective Division: | Animal Production and Animal Primary Products |
Objective Group: | Fisheries - wild caught |
Objective Field: | Fisheries - wild caught not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Wolf, BM (Mr Brett Mark Wolf) |
UTAS Author: | White, RWG (Professor Rob White) |
ID Code: | 12791 |
Year Published: | 1997 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 11 |
Deposited By: | Zoology |
Deposited On: | 1997-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2011-08-15 |
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