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Distribution of fishes in seagrass meadows: role of macrophyte biomass and species composition

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Date Issued:
1983
Title: Distribution of fishes in seagrass meadows: role of macrophyte biomass and species composition.
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Name(s): Stoner, Allan W., creator
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1983
Publisher: National Marine Fisheries Service
Extent: 11 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3336785 (digitool), FADT3336785 (IID), fau:6304 (fedora)
Note(s): Large spatial variation was found in the abundance and species composition of ichthyofauna in seagrass meadows of Apalachee Bay and Indian River lagoon, Florida. Abundance of fishes was a direct function of aboveground seagrass biomass in Apalachee Bay where seagrass meadows were dominated by turtlegrass, Thalassia testudinum, but the relationship did not hold across monospecific beds of T. testudinum; manatee grass, Syringodium filiforme; and shoal grass, Halodule wrightii, in Indian River lagoon.
This manuscript is available at http://fisherybulletin.nmfs.noaa.gov/index.html and may be cited as: Stoner, A. W. (1983). Distribution of fishes in seagrass meadows: role of macrophyte biomass and species composition. Fisheries Bulletin, 81(4), 837-846.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #365.
Subject(s): Seagrasses--Florida
Fishes--Geographical distribution
Biomass
Species diversity
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3336785
Restrictions on Access: NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service
Host Institution: FAU