Modeling Nekton Habitat Use in Galveston Bay, Texas. An Approach to Define Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)

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dc.contributor.authorClark RDen_US
dc.contributor.authorMinello TJen_US
dc.contributor.authorChristensen JDen_US
dc.contributor.authorCaldwell PAen_US
dc.contributor.authorMonaco MEen_US
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dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:12:01Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:12:01Z
dc.date.issued1999en_US
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dc.description.abstractThe Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act requires the identification of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for Federally managed fishery species in our Nation's marine and estuarine environments. The intent of this study is describe and discuss a method that can help estuarine resource managers define EFH; Nekton densities, from 3,864 drop samples taken over a 16 year period in Galveston Bay, were analyzed to evaluate habitat utilization between vegetated marsh edge (ME), submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), and shallow non-vegetated bottom (SNB) by brown shrimp (Farfantepenaeus aztecus), white shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus), and pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides). Although pinfish is not Federally managed, it was selected as a test finfish candidate for the development of the described analytical technique based on data availability. The analysis was further partitioned along seasonal temperature and salinity gradients to explore the extent to which deterministic and/or stochastic factors influence habitat selectionen_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/22733
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dc.notesSource Performer: National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD.; National Marine Fisheries Service, Galveston, TX. Southeast Fisheries Science Center. Nov 1999. CD-ROMThis document is color dependent and/or in landscape layout. It is currently only available on CD-ROM. Prepared in cooperation with National Marine Fisheries Service, Galveston, TX. Southeast Fisheries Science CenterEnglishCountry of Origin United Statesen_US
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dc.subject47D Ocean Sciences & Technology: Biological Oceanographyen_US
dc.subject98F Agriculture & Food: Fisheries & Aquacultureen_US
dc.subjectAvailabilityen_US
dc.subjectBottomen_US
dc.subjectColoren_US
dc.subjectConservationen_US
dc.subjectDataen_US
dc.subjectDefinitionsen_US
dc.subjectEcologyen_US
dc.subjectEFHen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmenten_US
dc.subjectEnvironmentsen_US
dc.subjectEssential Fish Habitaten_US
dc.subjectFishen_US
dc.subjectFisheriesen_US
dc.subjectGalvestonen_US
dc.subjectGalveston bayen_US
dc.subjectGulf Coasten_US
dc.subjectGulf of Mexicoen_US
dc.subjectHabitaten_US
dc.subjectMagnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Acten_US
dc.subjectManagementen_US
dc.subjectMarineen_US
dc.subjectMarine biologyen_US
dc.subjectMarine fishesen_US
dc.subjectNektonen_US
dc.subjectSalinityen_US
dc.subjectShrimpsen_US
dc.subjectTemperatureen_US
dc.subjectTexasen_US
dc.subjectUnited Statesen_US
dc.subjectVegetationen_US
dc.titleModeling Nekton Habitat Use in Galveston Bay, Texas. An Approach to Define Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)en_US
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