Thermal Addition and the Benthos, Cape Cod Canal

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Based on laboratory experimentation and field observations a study was conducted concerning the possible effects of thermal additions on the finfish and benthic mussel communities found in Cape Cod Canal. The effects of lethal and sublethal temperatures on selected species of finfish and invertebrates are described. Changes in mussel behavior were evident at temperatures well below those which are normally lethal. Mussels from different ecological zones vary in their response to elevated temperatures. Thermal additions affect the feeding rates of the dominant predators onMytilus, thus possibly affecting community stability. Elevated temperatures were also found to affect finfishes which are normally associated with mussel communities.

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