Stickney RRMcGeachin RB Brandt SBCastle MJ2010-02-152010-02-151978 197http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/23145-560The food habits of Micropogon undulatus, Leiostomus xanthurus, Fundulus similis, Cyprinodon variegatus, Menidia beryllina and Membras martinica were studied in conjunction with the development of a man-made salt marsh planted during 1976 on Bolivar Peninsula, Galveston Bay, TX. Each of the fishes studied fed to a considerable extent on the benthos community, and utilized at least some zooplanktonic and terrestrial insect foods. The dominant food organisms in the fish stomachs examined corresponded, in general, with those previously reported by other investigators. The artificially created salt marsh on Bolivar Peninsula appeared to provide habitats, both for fishes and their foods, similar to those of natural marshland areas along the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico and the southeastern United StatesAtherinidaeBenthosCyprinodon variegatusCyprinodontidaeDevelopmentfeeding behaviourfishFood organismsFoodsFundulus similisGalveston BayGulf of Mexicohabitathabitat improvementhabitatsland reclamationLeiostomus xanthurusMembras martinicaMenidia beryllinaMicropogon undulatusorganismsphysicalPiscesQ1 01425 Nutrition and feeding habitsQ1 01463 Habitat community studiesreclaimed landSalt marshesSciaenidaespringSpringsstomachTexasUSAUSA,TexasCONF