. The Biological bulletin. Biology; Zoology; Biology; Marine Biology. 300 REPORTS FROM THE MBL GENERAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS. SW Creek 1B / «J 60 50 40 4 t 4 t 30 T I 20 4 > y 1 10 n 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 Accessible marsh area (m2) 1C 0) £ 50 1) 40 6 * * o?30 >• E * o .- 20 f1*" 10 V 1 o ™ R/T 1 1 1 7IQQ 7/1 1 /QQ V/OC/OO Q /Q Date enclosure experiments in which mummichogs were denied access to the marsh (4, 5), all fish in our study could access the marsh, though the extent of this access differed among creeks. Thus, because the lower marsh is accessible at every high tide, d
. The Biological bulletin. Biology; Zoology; Biology; Marine Biology. 300 REPORTS FROM THE MBL GENERAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS. SW Creek 1B / «J 60 50 40 4 t 4 t 30 T I 20 4 > y 1 10 n 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 Accessible marsh area (m2) 1C 0) £ 50 1) 40 6 * * o?30 >• E * o .- 20 f1*" 10 V 1 o ™ R/T 1 1 1 7IQQ 7/1 1 /QQ V/OC/OO Q /Q Date enclosure experiments in which mummichogs were denied access to the marsh (4, 5), all fish in our study could access the marsh, though the extent of this access differed among creeks. Thus, because the lower marsh is accessible at every high tide, differ- ences in regularly flooded accessible marsh area may not be great enough to cause a large difference in mummichog growth. This work was funded by NSF Research Experience for Under- graduates through the Boston University Marine Program and the Plum Island Sound Long-term Ecological Research Program. We thank Simon Panall, Nate Tsao, Marc McDonnell, Susan Oleszko, Joao Salgado, Jaimie Champagne, and Jeff Hughes for their help with the project. Literature Cited I Itiiinrr. A., and B. H. Brattstrom. 1960. Copcia 1960: 139-141. 2. Weisberg, S. B., R. Whalen, and V. A. Lotrich. 1981. Mar. Biol. 61: 243-246. 3. Kneib, R. T., and A. E. Stiven. 1978. J. ;. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 31: 121-140. 4. Weisberg, S. B., and V. A. Lotrich. 1982. Mar. Biol. 66: 307-310. 5. Javonillo, R., L. Deegan, K. Chiaravalle, and J. Hughes. 1997. Bi»l. Bull. 193: 288-289. h. Harding, J. P. 1949. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. 28: 141-153. Sweeney o Club Head Figure 1. (.4) Regularly flooded accessible marsh area (m:) bv tidal creek, ordered from upstream to downstream: SW, Sweeney Creek: SA, Sand Creek: WE, West Creek: CL. Club Head Creek: and NE. Nelson Island Crefk. (B) Mean catch-per-unit-effort (number of fish ± / standard error) plotted against regularly flooded accessible marsh area (m~l (O Mean total length measurements (mm ± / standard error, standard errors a/I < ) at Sweeney Creek
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