Date of Award
Summer 1982
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Biological Sciences
Program/Concentration
Biology
Committee Director
Raymond W. Alden
Committee Member
Lloyd Wolfinbarger, Jr.
Committee Member
James F. Matta
Committee Member
Carl W. Erkenbrecher, Jr.
Call Number for Print
Special Collections LD4331.B46 C76
Abstract
Assimilation of the plant components of Spartina alterniflora detritus by the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, was investigated in a laboratory feeding study. A new radiolabeling procedure was utilized to label the sterilized detritus with 14C. Organic carbon values were calculated for both S. alterniflora and P. pugio. The grass shrimp were found to assimilate significantly the detritus, with an assimilation efficiency of approximately 14%, and an approximate ingestion rate of 2.508 x l0-4mg C detritus/mg C shrimp hour-l occurred. It is hypothesized that coprophagous activity may be important to the completion of digestion of the plant material and that P. pugio in the wild are able to assimilate the plant components of detritus.
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DOI
10.25777/839n-tq43
Recommended Citation
Crosby, Michael P..
"Determining the Uptake and Possible Assimilation of the Plant Component of Spartina Detritus by Palaemonetes Pugio Using a Rapid Radiolabeling Method"
(1982). Master of Science (MS), Thesis, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/839n-tq43
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