Distribution and density of prejuvenile Penaeus shrimp in Galveston entrance and the nearby Gulf of Mexico (Texas).

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noAcc# 2815en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorKutkuhn, J.H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCook, H.L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBaxter, K.N.en_US
dc.contributor.otherFAO Fisheries Reporten_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:58:40Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:58:40Z
dc.date.issued1969en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionp. 1075-1099.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractIn early 1959 the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries began a study to determine when, from what direction, at what stage of development, under what conditions, and in what quantity prejuvenile shrimp of the commercially important Penaeus enter the extensive Galveston (Texas) estuary. The findings were to aid in circumscribing offshore spawning areas and thereby provide information on the degree to which the progeny of shrimp reproducing in each area are nurtured in specific estuaries bordering the northern Gulf of Mexico. Analysis of over 3,000 samples collected systematically during one biological year revealed: That the frequency of sampling, although high, was insufficient to trace the rapid onshore movement of recently hatched broods of Penaeus; that the gross horizontal distribution of Penaeus larvae and postlarvae in the Gulf and vertical distribution of postlarvae in Galveston Entrance changed markedly from season to season; that Penaeus larvae, rarely occurring within 10 km of shore, were not bottom-dwellers; and that Penaeus postlarvae did not frequent the bottom in winter and otherwise were usually more abundant at mid-depths than at the bottom. For estimating density of prejuvenile penaeids, the study's sampling scheme was relatively efficient in controlling spatial variation but comparatively inefficient in accounting for wide temporal variation in organism abundance.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Ship Channelen_US
dc.geo-codeNorthwestern Gulf of Mexicoen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas coasten_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20615
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeen_US
dc.publisheren_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries2815.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectpenaeid shrimpen_US
dc.subjecthorizontal distributionen_US
dc.subjectvertical distributionen_US
dc.subjectestuariesen_US
dc.subjectseasonal variationsen_US
dc.subjectjuvenilesen_US
dc.subjectlarvaeen_US
dc.subjectspatial variationsen_US
dc.subjecttemporal variationsen_US
dc.subjectabundanceen_US
dc.subjectpopulation densityen_US
dc.titleDistribution and density of prejuvenile Penaeus shrimp in Galveston entrance and the nearby Gulf of Mexico (Texas).en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issue3(57)en_US

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