A Plankton and Benthos Survey of the San Antonio Bay System: Preliminary Report on Methods, Species Compositions and Standing Crops for the Period March-August, 1972

Date

1973-08

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Publisher

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Coastal Fisheries Branch

Abstract

There are two purposes to this report. The first is to present a description of successful methods used in sampling and analyzing the plankton and benthos of a shallow estuarine system and the water conditions associated with them. The second is to present data on the species composition and standing crop of each of these groups of the San Antonio Bay System during the period from March through August, 1972.

Description

Approximately 250 pages

Keywords

plankton distribution, benthic ecology, biological survey, water quality, San Antonio Bay, Texas

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