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Distribution and abundance of fishes and invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico estuaries, Volume. I: Data summaries
Author(s): Nelson, D.M. (editor), M.E. Monaco, C.D. Williams, T.E. Czapla, M.E. Pattillo, L.C. Clements, L.R. Settle, and E.A. Irlandi
NCCOS Center: CCMA
Center Team: Biogeography
Medium Designator: Technical Report
Name of Publisher: Strategic Environmental Assessments Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOS, NOAA
Place of Publication: Rockville, MD
Publication Type: Report
Date of Publication: 1992
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Extent of Work: 273
Abstract: Introduction. This report presents information on the spatial and temporal distribution, and relative abundance of 44fish and invertebrate species in 31 estuaries along the Gulf of Mexico coast of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. Its purpose is to disseminate data developed in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Estuarine Living Marine Re- sources (ELMR) program (see inside front cover). The ELMR program is conducted through a series of joint regional studies by the National Ocean Service (NOS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The presence, distribution, and relative abundance of each species and the time period it utilizes each estuary are the primary data compiled. The data and framework presented are illustrative of the nationwide ELMR program.
This report, Volume I,combines information presented in earlier reports for nine estuaries in Texas (Monaco et al. 1989), 13 estuaries in Florida and Alabama (Williams et al. 1990), and nine estuaries in Louisiana and Mississippi (Czapla et al. 1991). However, several species have been added, and the graphic depiction of relative abundance has been improved. Volume I1 (Pattillo et al., in prep.), to be published in 1993, will present life history summaries for 44 fish and invertebrate species, and focus on how these individual species utilize Gulf of Mexico estuaries.
The objective of the ELMR program is to develop a consistent data base on the distribution, abundance, and life history characteristics of important fishes and invertebrates in the Nation's estuaries. The Nation- wide data base is divided into four study regions (Figure 1). The data base contains the relative abundance and monthly occurrence of each species' life stage by estuary for three salinity zones (seawater, mixing, and tidal fresh) identified in NOAA's National Estuarine Inventory (NEI) Data Atlas-Volume I(NOAA 1985). When completed, the entire data base will contain information for 135 fish and invertebrate spe- cies found in 118 U.S. estuaries.
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