Three size classes of Capitella capitata (Type I ) were fed 4 size ranges of detritus particles derived from red seaweed Gracilaria foliifera. Growth was generally reduced when only the largest particle-size range (150 to 250 pm) was available, and the effect was most pronounced for small worms. Worms lost weight when fed fecal pellets comparable in size to the largest particles of seaweed detr...

Macroalgal blooms develop during the spring-summer period in the Barnegat Bay–Little Egg Harbor Estuary, a highly eutrophic coastal lagoon in New Jersey, and these blooms are detrimental to seagrass habitat in the system. Recurring blooms of drifting red and green macroalgae (e.g., Gracilaria tikvahiae and Ulva lactuca) attenuate or block light transmission to seagrass beds and also produce ext...