Rocky intertidal organisms are distributed in zones characterized by a few dominant species of animals and plants. Physical and biological factors have effects on such a pattern of abundance. In addition, food selection and habitat complexity play...
The traprock ridge environments of Connecticut and Massachusetts are unique and little studied. This project examined the combination of tree and shrub species, their abundance, their dispersion pattern, and the pattern of succession on the Onion...
Crabs -- Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.); Introduced animals -- Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)
Hemigrapsus sanguineus, the Japanese shore crab, is native to the western Pacific
Ocean and was first reported in Long Island Sound in 1992. Since then, it has become
firmly established and, in many locations, is the most common crab in the rocky...
