Nondestructive documentation of animal activity on planted and unplanted dredge material

dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noAcc#359-Box#2en_US
dc.call-noTexas Journal of Scienceen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorStickney, R.R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWilliamson, J.H.en_US
dc.contributor.otherTexas Journal of Scienceen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:03:17Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:03:17Z
dc.date.issued1979en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionpgs. 161-170en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractMonthly photographs of 1 m2 areas were taken to document the activity of terrestrial and aquatic animals on dredge material in the intertidal zone of Bolivar Peninsula on Galveston Bay, Texas [USA]. The presence of raccoons and birds was inferred from tracks. Hermit crab tracks and stranded shells were apparent in many of the photographs. Holes attributable to such organisms as fiddler crabs, polychaetes, mollusks and bird feeding were common at all elevations. Qualitative and quantitative differences in animal activity were noted between elevations in the intertidal zone, and transects perpendicular to and across the beach in various habitats showed similar characteristics. The photographic technique described is useful in recording surface animal activity which may subsequently be related to observed variations in benthic infauna through predation by birds and mammals.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeBolivar Peninsulaen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.history5/26/06 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/21382
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Archives Collection; TAMUG Periodical Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeLubbock, TXen_US
dc.publisherTexas Academy of Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries359.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectdredgingen_US
dc.subjectdredge spoilen_US
dc.subjectwaste disposalen_US
dc.subjectbenthosen_US
dc.titleNondestructive documentation of animal activity on planted and unplanted dredge materialen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issuev.31, no.2en_US

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