Search Results - "Eggleston, D. B."

Metapopulation dynamics guide marine reserve design: importance of connectivity, demographics, and stock enhancement by Puckett, B. J., Eggleston, D. B.

“…Abstract The concepts of metapopulation persistence and source‐sink dynamics are central and often untested tenets of marine reserve networks. Effective…”
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Evidence of connectivity between juvenile and adult habitats for mobile marine fauna: an important component of nurseries by Gillanders, Bronwyn M., Able, Kenneth W., Brown, Jennifer A., Eggleston, David B., Sheridan, Peter F.

“…A critical link missing from our understanding of the nursery role of specific marine habitats is the evidence of connectivity between juvenile and adult…”
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Effects of hypoxia on an estuarine predator-prey interaction: foraging behavior and mutual interference in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus and the infaunal clam prey Mya arenaria by Taylor, David L., Eggleston, David B.

“…The effects of hypoxia on trophic interactions could vary dramatically depending on whether the benthos is experiencing the onset of a hypoxic event…”
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Species-specific avoidance responses by blue crabs and fish to chronic and episodic hypoxia by BELL, G. W, EGGLESTON, D. B

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Ecological Processes Underlying Ontogenetic Habitat Shifts in a Coral Reef Fish by Dahlgren, Craig P., Eggleston, David B.

“…Distribution of mobile animals may reflect decisions on how to balance conflicting demands associated with foraging and avoiding predators. A simple optimality…”
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Computer Simulations of Wind-induced Estuarine Circulation Patterns and Estuary-shelf Exchange Processes: The Potential Role of Wind Forcing on Larval Transport by Xie, L, Eggleston, D.B

“…Wind and density (salinity) driven circulation patterns in the Croatan-Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine System (CAPES), North Carolina and its interaction with…”
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Large-scale blue crab recruitment: linking postlarval transport, post-settlement planktonic dispersal, and multiple nursery habitats by Etherington, Lisa L., Eggleston, David B.

“…A large-scale study of early juvenile blue crabCallinectes sapidusrecruitment within a shallow, predominantly wind-driven estuarine system demonstrated that…”
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Spatio-temporal variability in abundance, size and microhabitat associations of early juvenile Nassau grouper Epinephelus striatus in an off-reef nursery system by DAHLGREN, Craig P, EGGLESTON, David B

“…Nassau grouper Epinephelus striatus is a reef fish that settles in off-reef nursery habitats before emigrating to coral reefs. Because little is known of its…”
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Behavioral responses of free-ranging blue crabs to episodic hypoxia: I. Movement by Bell, Geoffrey W., Eggleston, David B., Wolcott, Thomas G.

“…Very little is known about how periodic hypoxic intrusions into shallow, nearshore habitats influence local migration patterns of mobile species such as the…”
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Connectivity in the Intra-American Seas and implications for potential larval transport by Qian, H., Li, Y., He, R., Eggleston, D. B.

“…A major challenge in marine ecology is to describe patterns of larval dispersal and population connectivity, as well as their underlying processes. We…”
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Size- and scale-dependent chemical attraction contribute to an ontogenetic shift in sociality by RATCHFORD, STEPHEN G., EGGLESTON, DAVID B.

“…Caribbean spiny lobsters,Panulirus argus, reside solitarily during the first months postsettlement, but shift to gregarious shelter use in later juvenile…”
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Organism response to habitat patchiness: species and habitat-dependent recruitment of decapod crustaceans by Eggleston, David B, Etherington, Lisa L, Elis, Ward E

“…Habitat fragmentation from natural or anthropogenic causes is a common phenomenon in shallow water marine habitats such as seagrass beds and oyster reefs…”
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Pilot evaluation of summer flounder stock enhancement potential using experimental ecology by Kellison, G. T., Eggleston, D. B., Taylor, J. C., Burke, J. S., Osborne, J. A.

“…Stock enhancement is receiving increasing attention as a management tool to rebuild depleted fisheries. Unfortunately, proactive studies addressing the…”
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Behavioral responses of free-ranging blue crabs to episodic hypoxia: II. Feeding by Bell, Geoffrey W., Eggleston, David B., Wolcott, Thomas G.

“…Episodic hypoxic events in estuaries can alter the trophic dynamics of important benthic predators. During hypoxic upwelling events mobile predators may reduce…”
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Organism responses to habitat fragmentation and diversity: Habitat colonization by estuarine macrofauna by Eggleston, David B, Elis, Ward E, Etherington, Lisa L, Dahlgren, Craig P, Posey, Martin H

“…Ecologists increasingly recognize that their choice of spatial scales may influence greatly their interpretation of ecological systems, and that small changes…”
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Shelter Selection by Spiny Lobster Under Variable Predation Risk, Social Conditions, and Shelter Size by Eggleston, David B., Lipcius, Romuald N.

“…Shelter use patterns of den—dwelling Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, appear to be regulated by predation risk. The risk of predation may be modified…”
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Factors influencing planktonic, post-settlement dispersal of early juvenile blue crabs ( Callinectes sapidus Rathbun) by Blackmon, Derrick C, Eggleston, David B

“…An emerging body of literature points to post-settlement, planktonic dispersal as a key determinant of distribution and abundance patterns of aquatic…”
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Species-specific avoidance responses by blue crabs and fish to chronic and episodic hypoxia by Bell, G W, Eggleston, D B

“…Although both chronic and episodic hypoxia (O2<2 mg l-1) alter the distribution and abundance patterns of mobile animals within estuaries, recent evidence…”
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An Assessment of Biases Associated with Caging, Tethering, and Trawl Sampling of Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) by Kellison, G. T., Eggleston, D. B., Taylor, J. C., Burke, J. S.

“…We provide an example of the type of bias assessment that should, but often is not, used in ecological studies using techniques such as caging, tethering, and…”
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Behavioural Mechanisms Underlying Variable Functional Responses of Blue Crabs, Callinectes sapidus Feeding on Juvenile Oysters, Crassostrea virginica by Eggleston, David B.

“…(1) Laboratory experiments assessed functional responses of blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, to six densities of juvenile American oysters, Crassostrea…”
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