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HTL-MAR-FiddlerCrabBodySize
Fiddler crab body size in salt marshes from Florida to Massachusetts, USA at PIE and VCR LTER and NOAA NERR sites during summer 2016.
David
Johnson
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
(804) 684-7513
dsjohnson@vims.edu
https://jlabresearch.wixsite.com/jlab
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7898-4893
Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/
2019
English
Bergmann’s rule predicts that organisms at higher latitudes are larger than ones at lower latitudes. Here, we examine the body-size pattern of the Atlantic fiddler crab, Minuca (=Uca) pugnax, from salt marshes on the east coast of the United States across 12 degrees of latitude. We found that M. pugnax followed Bergmann’s rule and that, on average, crab carapace width increased by 0.5 mm per degree of latitude. Minuca pugnax body size also followed the temperature-size rule with body size inversely related to mean water temperature. Because an organism’s size influences its impact on an ecosystem, and Minuca pugnax is an ecosystem engineer that affects marsh functioning, the larger crabs at higher latitudes may have greater per-capita impacts on salt marshes than the smaller crabs at lower latitudes.
Population Dynamics
Core Areas
population dynamics
salt marshes
fiddler crab
PIE LTER
Plum Island Ecosystems
LTER Controlled Vocabulary
Data Policies
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https://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/content/fiddler-crab-body-size-salt-marshes-florida-massachusetts-usa-pie-and-vcr-lter-and-noaa-nerr
Guana Tolomoto Matanzas, Florida, National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)
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Sapelo Island, Georgia, National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)
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North Inlet Winyah Bay, South Carolina, National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)
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Zeke's Island, North Carolina, National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)
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Rachel Carson, North Carolina, National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)
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Virginia Coastal Reserve, Virginia, Long Term Ecological Research (LTER)
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Delaware Bay, Delaware, National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)
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Jacques Cousteau, New Jersey, National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)
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Sixpenny Island Wildlife Area, Groton, Connecticut
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Narragansett Bay, Prudence Island, Rhode Island, National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)
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Cape Cod National Seashore, Wellfleet, Massachusetts
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Bare Cove Park, Weymouth, Massachusetts
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West Creek, Plum Island Estuary, Rowley, Massachusetts
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2016-07-01
2016-09-01
Version 01: November 20, 2019, data and metadata updates to comply with importation to DEIMS7 and LTER Data Portal. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007_Sep2019.xlsm 9/3/19 5:19 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0.
David
Johnson
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
(804) 684-7513
dsjohnson@vims.edu
https://jlabresearch.wixsite.com/jlab
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7898-4893
Plum Island Ecosystems LTER
http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/
Plum Island Ecosystems
We collected ~30 male, adult Minuca pugnax from thirteen marshes from Florida to Massachusetts and measured their carapace width with calipers. Water and air temperature data were collected from long-term monitoring programs (such as those from Long Term Ecological Research sites LTERs) and from public weather stations.
Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research (PIE LTER IV, 2016-2022)
Anne
Giblin
Marine Biological Laboratory
(508) 289-7488
(508) 457-1548
agiblin@mbl.edu
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3851-2178
principalInvestigator
Wilfred
Wollheim
University of New Hampshire
(603) 862-5022
Wil.Wollheim@unh.edu
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5009-3212
principalInvestigator
Jim
Morris
University of South Carolina
803-777-3948
morris@inlet.geol.sc.edu
http://research.cas.sc.edu/morris/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0511-642X
principalInvestigator
Nathaniel
Weston
Villanova University
(610) 519-8009
nathaniel.weston@villanova.edu
http://nweston.org/
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6837-360X
principalInvestigator
Linda
Deegan
Woodwell Climate Research Center
508-444-1557
ldeegan@woodwellclimate.org
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1017-9599
principalInvestigator
Joe
Vallino
Marine Biological Laboratory
(508) 289-7648
(508) 457-1548
jvallino@mbl.edu
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4184-4512
principalInvestigator
Robert
Pontius
Clark University
(508) 793-7761
(508) 793-8881
rpontius@clarku.edu
http://www2.clarku.edu/~rpontius/
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7287-5875
principalInvestigator
Jarrett
Byrnes
University of Massachusetts Boston
(617) 287-3145
Jarrett.Byrnes@umb.edu
http://byrneslab.net/
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9791-9472
principalInvestigator
The Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER is developing a predictive understanding of the response of a linked watershed-marsh-estuarine system in northeastern Massachusetts to rapid environmental change. Over the last 30 years, surface sea water temperatures in the adjacent Gulf of Maine have risen at 3 times the global average, rates of sea-level rise have accelerated, and precipitation has increased. Coupled with these changes in climate and sea level are substantial changes within the rapidly urbanizing watersheds that influence water, sediment, and nutrient delivery to the marsh and estuary. In PIE IV our focus is on: Dynamics of coastal ecosystems in a region of rapid climate change, sea-level rise, and human impacts.
NSF OCE LTER-Plum Island Ecosystems:
Dynamics of coastal ecosystems in a region of rapid climate change, sea-level rise, and human impacts.
1637630
HTL-MAR-FiddlerCrabBodySize.csv
Fiddler crab body size in salt marshes from Florida to Massachusetts, USA at PIE and VCR LTER and NOAA NERR sites during summer 2016.
HTL-MAR-FiddlerCrabBodySize.csv
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https://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/sites/default/files/data/HTL-MAR-FiddlerCrabBodySize.csv
Date
Date
Date crabs were collected
date
YYYY-MM-DD
Latitude
Latitude
Latitude of salt marsh
degree
real
Site
Site
Location where crabs were collected
string
GTM
Guana Tolomoto Matanzas NERR
SI
Sapelo Island NERR
NIB
North Inlet Winyah Bay NERR
ZI
Zeke's Island NERR
RC
Rachel Carson NERR
VCR
Virginia Coastal Reserve LTER
DB
Delaware Bay NERR
JC
Jacques Cousteau NERR
CT
Sixpenny Island - Connecticut
NB
Narragansett Bay NERR
CC
Cape Cod
BC
Bare Cove Park
PIE
Plum Island Estuary - West Creek
Replicate
Replicate
Replicate crab within a site
number
real
carapace_width
carapace width
Carapace width of a crab
millimeter
real
MATA
MATA
Mean annual air temperature
celsius
real
SATA
SATA
Standard deviation of mean annual air temperature
celsius
real
MATW
MATW
Mean annual water temperature
celsius
real
SATW
SATW
Standard deviation of mean annual water temperature
celsius
real
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HTL-MAR-FiddlerCrabBodySize.xls
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HTL-MAR-FiddlerCrabBodySize.xls
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360 degrees comprise a unit circle
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A common unit of temperature