Recently added articles from Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science:
Investigations of juvenile shortnose and Atlantic sturgeons in the lower tidal Delaware River.
Jun 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT: A netting survey and acoustic telemetry were used to investigate the relative abundance, distribution, and movements of juvenile shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) in the lower tidal Delaware River ....
Winter mortality in some temperate young-of-the-year fishes.(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; ... ABSTRACT: We tested the survival and growth of three young-of-the-year (YOY) estuarine resident (mummichog, sheepshead minnow, winter flounder) and a southern migrant (silver perch) fish species to determine the influence of winter temperatures. Under ambient winter temperatures with daily ...
Assessment of fish and decapod distributions between mangrove and seagrass habitats in St. John, U.S.V.I.
Jun 22, 2008; ... ABSTRACT: Fish and decapod community structure and catch per unit effort (CPUE) were assessed within a mangrove previously impacted by a hurricane and an adjacent seagrass bed in St. John, United States Virgin Islands. Diel sampling utilizing minnow traps showed significantly greater total ...
Abundance and diet of three sciaenid fishes in southern New Jersey: an assessment of habitat value for shoreface for sand ridges.(Report)
Mar 22, 2008; ... ABSTRACT: Along the east coast of the U.S., shoreface sand ridges are prominent geophysical features of the inner continental shelf. Prior studies have identified a distinct pattern in fish and decapod crustacean abundance and richness associated with sand ridges. In order to ascertain if ...
Recovery of eelgrass (Zostera marina) after a major disturbance event in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, USA.
Mar 22, 2007; ... ABSTRACT: In June 1998, a macroalgal bloom occurred which rapidly caused a decline in the spatial distribution of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.). By July 1998, this bloom created a drifting mat of algal-detrital biomass in excess of 300 g ash free dry weight [m.sup.-2], which smothered and ...