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R/ZM-03
Swimming and settlement behavior in the quagga mussel
Principal Investigator:
Victor S. KennedyStart/End Year:
1993 - 1995Institution:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceCo-Principal Investigator:
Thomas C. Malone, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceTopic(s):
- Oysters
Description:
To examine the behavioral repertoire of the introduced quagga mussel to determine if some advantage can be taken of this knowledge to avoid fouling of industrial water delivery systems. The objectives in Year 1 are to refine culture protocols for the rearing of quagga mussel larvae. Study swimming behavior of quagga mussel larvae in relation to gravity, temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen. The objectives in Year 2 are to complete study of swimming behavior. Study settlement behavior of quagga mussel pediveligers in relation to light and substrate orientation.
Funding Start Year
1993
Funding End Year
1995
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Featured Fellow
Nina Santos
Nina Santos is a Ph.D. student at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. For her dissertation, she is focused on small shrimp-like crustaceans called mysids – an understudied yet important part of many estuarine and coastal food webs.
Featured Research Project
Developing a habitat model for mysids, an important link in Chesapeake Bay food webs
Mysids are important mesozooplankton prey for many species of fish in Chesapeake Bay and are an important link in transferring energy from lower to upper trophic levels. Mysids also serve as biological vectors for benthic-pelagic coupling due to their diel vertical migration and omnivorous prey-switching behavior, which makes mysids important regulators of food web architecture. Despite their central role in coastal food webs, surprisingly little is known about mysid ecology and dynamics in Chesapeake Bay.
