Species associations and day-night variability of trawl-caught fishes from the inshore sponge-coral habitat, South Atlantic bight
| dc.creator | Wenner, Charles A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-23T12:27:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-08-23T12:27:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1983 | |
| dc.description | Biomass, species composition, diversity, and community structure of demersal fishes were studied during the spring of 1978 in the sponge-coral habitat of the South Atlantic Bight. These results were compared with sampling at an open-shelf site. Otter trawl catch rates were an order of magnitude higher in the sponge-coral habitat than at the open-shelf site. Density and biomass estimates in the sponge-coral habitat averaged 384 individuals/ha and 31.0 kg/ha, respectively, whereas at the open-shelf site they averaged 57 individuals/ha and 3.2 kg/ha. In sponge-coral habitat samples, 101 species of demersal teleosts were taken. The Sparidae accounted for the greatest number of species (9), as well as 59% of the total number and 48% of the weight of demersal teleosts. Species diversity was highest in night-trawl tows in the sponge-coral habitat. Species associations, described by numerical classification, showed major differences in faunal assemblages between reef and open-shelf sites and between day and night samples. | |
| dc.format.medium | Document | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10827/10566 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | South Carolina State Library | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | South Carolina State Documents Depository | |
| dc.rights | Copyright status undetermined. For more information contact, South Carolina State Library, 1500 Senate Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201. | |
| dc.subject | Saltwater fishing | |
| dc.subject | Fishes--Classification | |
| dc.title | Species associations and day-night variability of trawl-caught fishes from the inshore sponge-coral habitat, South Atlantic bight | |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
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