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The Influence Of Marsh Edge And Seagrass Habitat On Summer Fish And Macroinvertebrate Recruitment To A Northern Gulf Of Mexico Coastal System, Rebecca Lea Gilpin May 2023

The Influence Of Marsh Edge And Seagrass Habitat On Summer Fish And Macroinvertebrate Recruitment To A Northern Gulf Of Mexico Coastal System, Rebecca Lea Gilpin

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Marshes and seagrass beds have been widely recognized as important habitat for estuarine species, but less has been done on how these habitats interact and function together, thereby limiting understanding of the variability of juvenile recruitment to coastal systems. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the interaction between fringing marsh and adjacent seagrass for the provision of habitat for juvenile nekton. Weekly seine net and benthic seagrass core sampling from June to November 2020 determine the relationship between nekton and marsh-edge and seagrass habitat. This study shows disparate results, in terms of the effects of proximity to …