Spatial variation in population dynamics of the sand-burrowing amphipod Haustorioides japonicus

• Published in: Population ecology Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 107 - 119
• Main Authors: Suzuki, Yuya, Yamahira, Kazunori, Kajihara, Naoto, Takada, Yoshitake
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Springer Japan 01.01.2013; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Amphipod; animals; Beaches; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Body size; coasts; Demography; Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; Fecundity; Fisheries; Forestry; Grain size; Haustorioides japonicus; Insects; juveniles; Life history; Life Sciences; Original Article; Plant Sciences; Population; Population biology; Population density; Population dynamics; Reproduction; Salinity; Sandy shore; Sea of Japan; Seasonal density fluctuation; Sediments; Spring; Summer; Water temperature; Zoology; Sea of Japan; INW, Japan Sea; Reproduction; Demography; Seasonal density fluctuation; Sandy shore; Amphipod; Body size

Densities of sandy beach organisms along coastlines often vary considerably even within small local scales. In order to understand the demographic basis of density variations in shore animals, we examined the population dynamics of the amphipod Haustorioides japonicus Kamihira, which is an ideal sub...