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Seasonal abundance and occurrence of the Asian isopod Synidotea laevidorsalis in Delaware Bay, USA
Bushek, D.; Boyd, S. (2006). Seasonal abundance and occurrence of the Asian isopod Synidotea laevidorsalis in Delaware Bay, USA. Biological Invasions 8(4): 697-702. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-005-2890-5
In: Biological Invasions. Springer: London. ISSN 1387-3547; e-ISSN 1573-1464, more
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Keywords
    Taxa > Species > Introduced species
    Isopoda [WoRMS]; Synidotea laevidorsalis (Miers, 1881) [WoRMS]; Synidotea laevidorsalis (Miers, 1881) [WoRMS]
    ANW, USA, Delaware Bay [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Asian; benthic; Delaware Bay; Hurricane Ivan; invasion; isopod; New Jersey; non-native; Synidotea laevidorsalis

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  • Bushek, D.
  • Boyd, S.

Abstract
    In 1999 the marine isopod Synidotea laevidorsalis (Miers 1881), indigenous to the northwest Pacific, was first documented in Delaware Bay, USA. We monitored weekly recruitment of this isopod and several other motile species in the Maurice River, a tributary of Delaware Bay. A spatial survey was also conducted. Abundance of S. laevidorsalis varied seasonally but overwhelmingly dominated other co-occurring species by an order of magnitude or more throughout most of the year. Isopod abundance increased through the summer of 2004 and peaked in September, coincident with the passing of Hurricane Ivan. Field observations documented large populations, frequently associated with pilings and buoy lines, throughout Delaware Bay in salinities of 4 through 22 ppt. The dramatic abundance of this isopod indicates that there is considerable potential for altering community structure. This isopod has yet to be observed along the Atlantic Coast of New Jersey or in Chesapeake Bay, but it has been reported near Charleston, SC.

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