Recently added articles from Marine Fisheries Review:
The bay scallop, Argopecten irradians, in Florida coastal waters.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Introduction The bay scallop, Argopecten irradians, supports one of the most popular and family-oriented fisheries currently pursued in Florida coastal waters. Harvesting bay scallops has a long history in both peninsular (Marelli and Arnold, 2001) and panhandle (Mikell, 1992; ...
Bay scallops, Argopecten irradians, in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas).
Jun 22, 2009; ... Introduction Two subspecies of bay scallops inhabit the northwestern Gulf of Mexico coast: Argopecten irradians concentricus on the west coast of Florida to the Chandeleur Islands, Lousiana, and A. i. amplicostatus from Galveston Bay, Texas, south to northern Mexico. Abundance ...
The bay scallop, Argopecten irradians amplicostatus, in northeastern Mexico.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Introduction The bay scallop, Argopecten irradians amplicostatus, has been present in low abundances in coastal lagoons in the northeastern Mexican States of Tamaulipas and Veracruz. Its distributional range extends from Laguna Madre, Tamaulipas, southward and ends in Tuxpan, ...
The status of eelgrass, Zostera marina, as bay scallop habitat: consequences for the fishery in the western Atlantic.(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Description of the Plant Zostera marina L. is one of a small genus of widely distributed seagrasses, all commonly called eelgrass (Fig. 1). This genus contains twelve species worldwide but only three species are found in North America (Z. asiatica and Z. japonica on the west ...
Geomorphological evolution of estuaries: the dynamic basis for morpho-sedimentary units in selected estuaries in the northeastern United States.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Background The basic concept of an estuary is that it is an aquatic system located at the land-sea interface, and it is a transition feature, extending from freshwater to marine environments. Day (1981) offers a more detailed explanatory description of the estuarine ecotone that ...