Assessing the potential benthic-pelagic coupling in episodic blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) settlement events within eelgrass (Zostera marina) communities

Keyphrases

• Eelgrass Zostera Marina 100%
• Sea Star 100%
• Blue mussel Mytilus Edulis 100%
• Benthic-pelagic Coupling 100%
• M. Edulis 80%
• Filtration Efficiency 60%
• Barnegat Bay 40%
• High Density 40%
• Mussels 40%
• Brown Tide 40%
• Mussel Density 40%
• Community-based 20%
• Water Column 20%
• Grass 20%
• Back Bay 20%
• Predation 20%
• Water Temperature 20%
• Eelgrass Beds 20%
• Benthic Prey 20%
• Zostera Marina 20%
• Blue Crab Callinectes Sapidus 20%
• Seagrass Ecosystem 20%
• Blue mussel 20%
• Peak Density 20%
• Population Assessment 20%
• One-site 20%
• Higher Secondary 20%
• Mussel Aggregation 20%
• Coastal Marine 20%
• Libinia 20%
• Late Spring 20%
• Green Crab 20%
• Carcinus 20%
• Filtration Potential 20%
• Spider Crab 20%
• Settlement Sites 20%
• Maximum Density 20%
• Asterias 20%
• Twice a Day 20%
• Secondary Production 20%
• Recruitment Sites 20%
• Nursery Grounds 20%
• Aureococcus Anophagefferens 20%
• Xanthid Crab 20%

Earth and Planetary Sciences

• Zostera 100%
• Brown Tide 100%
• Benthic-Pelagic Coupling 100%
• United States of America 50%
• Water Column 50%
• Water Temperature 50%
• Sea Grasses 50%
• Density Distribution 50%
• Secondary Production 50%
• Predation 50%

Agricultural and Biological Sciences

• Zostera Marina 100%
• Eelgrass 100%
• Mytilus edulis 100%
• Mussel 100%
• Callinectes Sapidus 25%
• Red Tide 25%
• Spring 12%
• Seagrass 12%
• Carcinus 12%
• Aureococcus anophagefferens 12%
• Asterias 12%
• Predation 12%
• Spider 12%