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• W4236045512 abstract "Although cannibalism can act as a density-dependent regulator of population size in terrestrial systems, little is known of its effects in the marine environment. Herein we investigate the influence of cannibalism upon the early life history stages of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, emphasizing cannibalism between juveniles and postlarvae (i.e. megalopae) of the same year class. In laboratory mesocosms we examined various factors modulating cannibal–prey dynamics, specifically: (1) the effects of habitat and presence of conspecifics on postlarval metamorphosis rate; (2) the effect of metamorphosis rate on the mortality of postlarvae from both intra- and inter-cohort cannibalism; (3) the effects of habitat and predator density on the functional response of young juvenile blue crab predators to varying densities of postlarval prey, and (4) the effects of prey size and habitat on predation mortality.Inter-cohort cannibalism caused significant mortality in every crab size and habitat type combination, and was lower in grass than sand for all prey smaller than fifth instar. Cannibalism between postlarvae was associated with metamorphosis and was density-dependent in sand, but not present in grass. Metamorphosis rates of postlarvae were inversely density-dependent in sand, but density-independent and higher in grass, indicating that habitat and intra-cohort agonism likely affects postlarval metamorphosis rates. Inter-cohort cannibalism was negatively correlated with metamorphosis rates of postlarvae. The functional response of young juvenile cannibalistic blue crabs differed significantly between sand and grass habitats, and between medium and high predator densities. Juvenile crabs displayed a type II, inversely density-dependent functional response in sand, resulting in very high mortality at low densities of postlarval prey. In grass, the crabs displayed a weak type III, density dependent response, yielding significantly lower mortality at low prey densities. Thus, habitat complexity changes the form of the functional response in cannibal–prey interactions and grass provides a relative habitat refuge from cannibalism. Doubling the number of predators in grass decreased the consumption rates per predator significantly and eliminated the density-dependence, indicating that intraspecific density can qualitatively change the form of the functional response. In the crab size experiment, only prey smaller than fifth instars received a habitat refuge from cannibalism in grass, whereas fifth instars received a relative size refuge in sand.Our results demonstrate that intra-year class cannibalism can cause mortality upon settling megalopae and first juvenile instars that is dependent on prey density. We expect inter-cohort cannibalism to cause local extinction of cohorts settling in sand, especially at low settlement densities, and high mortality at moderate settlement densities in grass. Satiation of predators at high settlement densities in grass suggests that episodic settlement can overwhelm predators locally. Furthermore, density-dependent mutual interference within large cohorts in the grass beds likely reduces their predation efficiency, indicating that aggregation of conspecific predators in grass habitats does not necessary lead to an increase in predation pressure. Finally, a relative size-refuge from inter-cohort cannibalism for fifth instar crabs supports an ontogenetic habitat shift around this crab size, which may be influenced by density-dependent agonistic behavior within cohorts. We suggest that intra-year class cannibalism is a major process regulating both survival and dispersal in megalopae and juvenile blue crabs." @default.
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