Survey and Inventory of the Vertebrate Species Present in Mesquite Bay and Cedar Bayou - Fisheries Investigations in the Aransas-Copano Bay System
Date
1962
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Texas Game and Fish Commission Marine Laboratory
Abstract
The major differences between vertebrate populations in Mesquite Bay before it was opened and after this occurred is the increased abundance of high salinity forms near the bay mouth. Such as Elops saurus, Oligoplites saurus, Vomer setipinnis, Selene vomer, and Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus, not previously found, were quite common during this period of study.
Description
16 pages; available for download at the link below.
Keywords
fish populations, fish species distribution, Aransas Bay, Copano Bay, Mesquite Bay, species composition