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TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY
Volume 139, Issue 1, Pages 62-79Publisher
AMER FISHERIES SOC
DOI: 10.1577/T08-215.1
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- Department of the Interior, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration [F-43]
- Wildlife Research Institute
- State of Florida
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Quantitative estimates of relative abundance, spatial and temporal distribution, and habitat preference of common snook Centropomus undecimalis along shoreline habitats in four Florida estuarine areas were determined. Significant differences in the relative abundance of common snook among the estuarine areas suggested marked variation in common snook population abundance and densities on a regional scale. The highest adjusted mean relative abundance of common snook occurred in the southern Indian River Lagoon (4.68 fish/haul; SE = 0.08), followed by Tampa Bay (3.36 fish/haul; SE = 0.11), Charlotte Harbor (2.13 fish/haul; SE = 0.10), and the northern Indian River Lagoon (0.76 fish/haul; SE = 0.21). Several common factors (e.g., mangrove and seagrass habitat, salinity, and water temperature) among the estuarine areas were linked with common snook relative abundance and distributions, allowing us to better understand how these fish interact with their environment in different regions of Florida.
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