MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: Characterize the population connectivity of C. sapidus and its virus, CsRV-1

MATOS Project Code: BLCR1

Data Type: Data

Project Duration: July 2017 - October 2020

Project Description: We focus on crab movements outside of estuaries to capture dispersal likely to shape genetic structure and spread viral strains between populations. Tidal stream transport (Forward et al. 2003), intra-estuarine dynamics (Reyns et al. 2007), intercoastal boundary layers (Nickols et al. 2015), riverine barriers (Jones et al. 2015), and hypoxia (Bell et al. 2003) can all alter the dispersal potential of a crab. However, movements within an estuary, while important, have received previous investigation by others and we posit that non-local dispersal shapes the genetic make-up of the crab.

Objectives:

ID adult crab movement between estuaries

Management Benefits:

Understand population connectivity

Principal Investigator:	Donald Behringer (University of Florida)
Email:	behringer@ufl.edu

Collaborators:

Jamie Bojko

Participating Organizations:

University of Florida

Funding:

NSF

External URL: https://behringerlab.com/

Tracking Callinectes sapidus