Utilization of saltmarsh shorelines by newly settled sciaenids in a Texas estuary

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dc.contributor.authorGeary BW; Rooker JR; Webb JWen_US
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dc.contributor.otherGulf & Caribbean Researchen_US
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dc.date.issued2001en_US
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dc.description37-499en_US
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dc.description.abstractPost-settlement patterns of habitat use along saltmarsh shorelines of Galveston Bay, Texas were examined for 3 sciaenids; spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), and Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus). Collections were made summer through fall of 1997 and 1998 using a 1.5-m beam trawl hand-towed along the outside edge of salt marshes. Sciaenids were collected from tidal pass, bay, and remote tidal creek areas to assess large-scale (bay-wide) patterns of distribution and abundance. Cynoscion nebulosus were smaller and most numerous at bay stations, with densities peaking in June. Conversely, S. ocellatus were collected in higher numbers, and smaller sizes, at stations near the tidal pass, with peak densities in September. Micropogonias undulatus occurred in high numbers near both the tidal pass and remote tidal creeks, with undetectable size differences among areas and peak densities in November. Densities of C. nebulosus and S. ocellatus were greater at sites nearer the larval supply; patterns were less clear for M. undulatus. Small-scale patterns of habitat use were investigated within remote tidal creeks, with trends in density and size apparent for M. undulatus, while few C. nebulosus and S. ocellatus were collected. Interannual variability in densities occurred within and among stations, although total densities for each species were relatively similar between 1997 and 1998en_US
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dc.notesDB - BIOSIS PreviewsAN - PREV200100336312IN - Texas A and M University, 5007 Avenue U, Galveston, TX, 77551, USACY - USAPT - ArticleLG - Englishen_US
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dc.subjectbay; habitat use; post-settlement patterns; remote tidal creek; saltmarsh shorelines; tidal pass;Behavior; Estuarine Ecology: Ecology,Environmental Sciences;Cynoscion nebulosus: spotted seatrout [Osteichthyes]; Micropogonias undulatus: Atlantic croaker [Osteichthyes]; Sciaenops ocellatus: red drum [Osteichthyes];Osteichthyes: Animals,Chordates,Fish,Nonhuman Vertebrates,Vertebrates;[07002] Behavioral biology - General and comparative behavior;[07003] Behavioral biology - Animal behavior;[07508] Ecology: environmental biology - Animal;[07510] Ecology: environmental biology - Oceanography and limnology;[85206] Osteichthyes;[85206] Osteichthyes,Pisces,Vertebrata,Chordata,Animalia;en_US
dc.titleUtilization of saltmarsh shorelines by newly settled sciaenids in a Texas estuaryen_US
dc.typeJournalen_US
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dc.vol-issue13 March, 2001~ 37-49()en_US

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