Abstract:Around the world, tidal flats play a unique ecological role in estuaries and are a primary feeding habitat for shorebirds and other benthic feeding organisms. Development and economic use of tidal flats can exclude species that depend on this habitat and disrupt ecological processes. In this study we examine patterns of abundance and feeding activity of American horseshoe crabs among oyster aquaculture structures on tidal flats that are adjacent to one of the most important horseshoe crab spawning sites in the… Show more
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