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Spatial and temporal changes in abundance of the infaunal bivalve Soletellina alba (Lamark, 1818) during a time of drought in the seasonally-closed Hopkins River Estuary, Victoria Australia Matthews, Ty 2006, Spatial and temporal changes in abundance of the infaunal bivalve Soletellina alba (Lamark, 1818) during a time of drought in the seasonally-closed Hopkins River Estuary, Victoria Australia, Estuarine coastal and shelf science, vol. 66, no. 1-2, pp. 13-20. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Spatial and temporal changes in abundance of the infaunal bivalve Soletellina alba (Lamark, 1818) during a time of drought in the seasonally-closed Hopkins River Estuary, Victoria Australia Author(s) Matthews, Ty Journal name Estuarine coastal and shelf science Volume number 66 Issue number 1-2 Start page 13 End page 20 Publisher Academic Press Place of publication New York, N.Y. Publication date 2006-01 ISSN 0272-7714 1096-0015 Keyword(s) Benthos Bivalve El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Intermittent estuary Mollusc Soft sediments Soletellina alba Summary The infaunal bivalve Soletellina alba is susceptible to mass mortalities during annual winter flooding in the Hopkins River Estuary, southern Australia. Periods of low salinity (≤1) are the likely cause of these mass mortality events, which can occur in seasonally-closed estuaries when high winter flows are sufficient to flush all salt water from the estuary. Core samples of S. alba were collected from two water depths across four times and at three sites near the mouth of the estuary. Minimal to zero abundances of large S. alba (>1 mm) were expected to be sampled, particularly at the shallower water depth, during a typical winter flood event. However, the present study occurred during a period of drought, which led to the absence of winter flooding. This absence of winter flooding prevented the occurrence of lethal salinities (i.e. ≤1) in the estuary during this period and a greater number of living S. alba adults were sampled. Abundances of juvenile and adult S. alba were still variable, even in the absence of winter flooding, and reflected an interaction between date, site and water depth. However, no mass mortalities of adults were observed during the drought conditions in contrast to what occurs during typical winter flood events and provides support for the hypothesis that winter flooding is responsible for past mass mortalities. Language eng Field of Research 060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl Marine Ichthyology) HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2005, Elsevier Ltd Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003854 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Life and Environmental Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 05 Jan 2009, 13:34:33 EST Thu, 04 Jun 2009, 12:08:46 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 4 times in TR Web of Science Cited 5 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 348 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:05:05 EST

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