Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
1971
Series
Special papers in marine science No.2
Abstract
Gammarid amphipods of three tidal rivers entering Chesapeake Bay were studied for ten months, particularly in the York River where 40 species were record during the period. Several species moved up or down the rivers with changing salinity. The more abundant species had longer breeding seasons. The number of described species from lower Chesapeake Bay is now 42 and the presence of 10 undescribed species and of several which bracket the region indicates that much remains to be learned about amphipods in the Bay. Nineteen of these have a boreal affinity and seven are limited to the Virginian subprovince. A reference to the most recent significant work on each species is given and a key is included as an appendix.
DOI
http://doi.org/10.21220/V5H01D
Keywords
Gammaridae - Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Feely, J., & Wass, M. L. (1971) The distribution and ecology of the Gammaridea (Crustacea : Amphipoda) of the lower Chesapeake estuaries. Special papers in marine science No.2. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. http://doi.org/10.21220/V5H01D
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