@mastersthesis {82991,
	title = {Function of Oregon Estuaries to Juvenile Fishes, with Focus on Juvenile Rockfishes (<i>Sebastes</i> spp.) in Yaquina Bay, Oregon},
	year = {2020},
	note = {It has long been known that estuaries play an important role as nurseries for some marine fishes, including some of the 96 species of rockfish.  This doctoral dissertation seeks to fill in some of the gaps in our understanding of this nursery function, by focusing on the growth and feeding ecology of juvenile rockfish in estuaries.  Understanding how juvenile rockfish feed and grow shows how estuarine habitats are used and helps with the evaluation of habitat quality.  Although the main focus of the dissertation is on Yaquina Bay, rockfish in Alsea and Nehalem Bays were also studied.  Scott A. Heppell was the major professor.},
	pages = {182 p.},
	school = {Oregon State University},
	type = {Doctoral Dissertation},
	edition = {Ph. D.},
	chapter = {Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, Fisheries Science},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea Bay, Nehalem Bay, Yaquina Bay, eelgrass = Zostera marina. rockfish = Sebastes spp., black rockfish = Sebastes melanops, feeding behavior, growth, habitats, juvenile fishes, life history information, otoliths, theses},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/sb397g047 },
	author = {Schwartzkopf, Brittany D.}
}
@article {83113,
	title = {Temporal and habitat differences in the juvenile demersal fish community at a marine-dominated northeast Pacific estuary},
	journal = {Fisheries Research},
	volume = {227},
	number = {105557},
	year = {2020},
	note = {Estuaries provide habitat for many juvenile marine fishes.  A lack of systematic studies of fish communities in estuaries has hampered our understanding of estuaries{\textquoteright} roles in the early life histories of many marine fish. In this article, the authors compare the community structure of juvenile fishes in the Yaquina Estuary for 2008-2009, 2012-2013 and 2016-2017.  Sampling took place around docks and eelgrass beds. {\textquotedblleft}Greater abundances and reduced change in communities over time at eelgrass sites suggests that maintaining these habitats is potentially critical for many estuary-rearing species and temporal changes in these communities highlights the importance of long-term monitoring.{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract)},
	month = {2020, Jul.},
	pages = {11 p.},
	keywords = {community ecology, eelgrass = Zostera marina, habitats, juvenile fishes, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Pacific staghorn sculpin = Leptocottus armatus, Rockfish = Sebastes spp., Saddleback gunnel  = Pholis ornata, salinity, temporal distribution, upwelling, water temperature, Yaquina Bay},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105557 },
	author = {Schwartzkopf, Brittany D. and Whitman, Alison D. and Lindsley, Amy J. and Heppell, Scott A.}
}
