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The Spacial And Temporal Community Structure Of Ichthyoplankton In A Northeast Florida Estuary : A Study Of Ingress At A Faunal Boundary, Breanna Korsman
The Spacial And Temporal Community Structure Of Ichthyoplankton In A Northeast Florida Estuary : A Study Of Ingress At A Faunal Boundary, Breanna Korsman
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Estuaries are widely recognized as important habitats for the early life history stages of commercially and recreationally important marine fish species. In general the estuaries of northeast Florida are understudied, and there is a need to characterize the ichthyoplankton community at this important faunal boundary between temperate and tropical marine zones. To determine community structure and temporal patterns in the distribution and abundance of larval fish ingressing in to the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas (GTM) estuary through its two inlets (St. Augustine and Matanzas), ichthyoplankton were sampled bi-weekly for one year at both inlets during nighttime spring flood tides beginning in March 2012. …