| Title | Function of Oregon Estuaries to Juvenile Fishes, with Focus on Juvenile Rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) in Yaquina Bay, Oregon |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 2020 |
| Authors | Schwartzkopf, Brittany D. |
| Academic Department | Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, Fisheries Science |
| Degree | Ph. D. |
| Pagination | 182 p. |
| University | Oregon State University |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Type of Work | Doctoral Dissertation |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| 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 |
| Notes | 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. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/sb397g047 |
