| Title | Temporal and habitat differences in the juvenile demersal fish community at a marine-dominated northeast Pacific estuary |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2020 |
| Authors | Schwartzkopf, Brittany D., Alison D. Whitman, Amy J. Lindsley, and Scott A. Heppell |
| Secondary Title | Fisheries Research |
| Volume | 227 |
| Number | 105557 |
| Pagination | 11 p. |
| Date Published | 2020, Jul. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription |
| 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 |
| Notes | Estuaries provide habitat for many juvenile marine fishes. A lack of systematic studies of fish communities in estuaries has hampered our understanding of estuaries’ 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. “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.” (from the Abstract) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105557 |
| Series Title | Fisheries Research |
