@article{ryer_utilization_1990,
	title = {Utilization of a seagrass meadow and tidal marsh creek by blue crabs {Callinectes} sapidus. {II}. {Spatial} and temporal patterns of molting},
	abstract = {Blue crabs were collected weekly from a lower Chesapeake Bay seagrass meadow and adjacent tidal marsh creek over July-August 1987. Molting activity was greater in the grassbed than in the marsh creek, and greater for small crabs and females. The difference between the habitats in molting activity decreased from the 1st to the 2nd month of sampling, possibly in response to seasonal decline in seagrass biomass. The proportion of small ({\textbackslash}textless70 mm) females in both habitats was greatest on full moons. There was a lunar rhythm of molting activity by large crabs (≥70 mm), with peak molting activity on full moons. Small crabs demonstrated a similar, in seagrass meadows, possibly, but nonsignificant rhythm of molting. Blue crabs approaching ecolysis aggregate taking advantage of the refuge from predation that this structurally complex habitat affords. Lunar rhythmicity of molting activity may further reduce predation mortality through a dilution effect. -from Authors},
	journal = {Bulletin of Marine Science},
	author = {Ryer, C. H. and Van Montfrans, J. and Orth, R. J.},
	year = {1990},
	keywords = {Animal Interactions},
}

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