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Grouper-Snapper Complex; Florida Salt Marshes; Juvenile Fishes; Nekton Use; Species Composition; North-Carolina; Reef Fishes; Abundance; Patterns; Larval
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Fish Assemblages Found In Tidal-Creek And Seagrass Habitats In The Suwannee River Estuary, Troy D. Tuckey, Mark Dehaven
Fish Assemblages Found In Tidal-Creek And Seagrass Habitats In The Suwannee River Estuary, Troy D. Tuckey, Mark Dehaven
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Fish assemblages were investigated in tidal-creek and seagrass habitats in the Suwannee River estuary, Florida. A total of 91,571 fish representing 43 families were collected in monthly seine samples from January 1997 to December 1999. Tidal creeks supported greater densities of fish (3.89 fish/m(2); 83% of total) than did seagrass habitats (0.93 fish/m(2)). We identified three distinct fish assemblages in each habitat: winter-spring, summer, and fall. Pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides), pigfish (Orthopristis chrysoptera), and syngnathids characterized seagrass assemblages, whereas spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), bay anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli), silversides (Menidia spp.), mojarras (Eucinostomus spp.), and fundulids characterized tidal-creek habitats. Important recreational and commercial …