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Fouling community dynamics in Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia

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Acrylic panels were employed to follow fouling community development at Channel Points, Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia, from April 1977 through March 1979. Panel treatments were devised to study the effects of predator exclusion and panel area on community development. An additional panel was introduced in April 1978 to test the repeatability of initial community development. Early development was similar both years with hydroids, barnacles, and the polychaetePolydora ligni the initial macroinvertebrate colonists. Early community development in both years was dominated by the solitary tunicateMolgula manhattensis. Molgula was able to invade and rapidly overgrow all resident speices except largeBalanus eburneus. Panel area was shown to affect the community structure and development. The community on caged panels (predator exclusion) was significantly different from controls, although the differences could not be unequivocally attributed to predation.

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Otsuka, C.M., Dauer, D.M. Fouling community dynamics in Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia. Estuaries 5, 10–22 (1982). https://doi.org/10.2307/1352212

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