A hierarchical approach to incorporating habitat assessment into an existing fisheries monitoring framework
The extent and quality of estuarine habitat has a significant influence on the growth, recruitment, and survival of fish and invertebrate species. The Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996, part of the Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act, mandated designation and monitoring of “Es...
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fttexasamucorpus:oai:tamucc-ir.tdl.org:1969.6/89778 2023-10-25T01:43:14+02:00 A hierarchical approach to incorporating habitat assessment into an existing fisheries monitoring framework Clarkson, Emma L. Pollack, Jennifer Beseres Fisher, Mark Gibeaut, James Walther, Benjamin 2021-08 191 pages application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/89778 en_US eng https://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/89778 This material is made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with its source. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the author and/or publisher. Estuarine fisheries habitat Management Gulf of Mexico Text Dissertation 2021 fttexasamucorpus 2023-09-25T10:18:30Z The extent and quality of estuarine habitat has a significant influence on the growth, recruitment, and survival of fish and invertebrate species. The Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996, part of the Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act, mandated designation and monitoring of “Essential Fish Habitat” (EFH), creating the need for efficient, effective, and accurate approaches for monitoring habitat at multiple spatial scales. Because the relationships between fisheries species and their associated habitats are complex and can vary across ontogenies and regions, approaches to monitoring faunal-habitat associations are also needed to quantify the impact of EFH on fisheries stocks. However, funding limitations can prohibit monitoring fauna, habitat, and faunal-habitat associations at the multiple spatial and temporal scales necessary to accurately quantify faunal response to habitat change. The resulting information gap creates challenges to using science to inform decision making, especially in cases of reactive management decisions that are typical of state agencies. This dissertation explores the resource management potential of utilizing free, publicly available datasets to examine estuarine faunal-habitat associations at multiple spatial scales in Texas. A hierarchical approach was used to link three tiers of habitat data to faunal abundance data from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Fisheries Independent Monitoring (FIM) program to evaluate the influence of habitat availability and quality on target species’ occurrence and abundance. Target species were selected based on their commercial and recreational importance and included Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus), Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), Brown shrimp (Farfantepenaeus aztecus), and White shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus). The three tiers are used to monitor fauna and associated fauna at multiple spatial and temporal scales and range from broad, ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Red drum Sciaenops ocellatus Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi: DSpace Repository |
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The extent and quality of estuarine habitat has a significant influence on the growth, recruitment, and survival of fish and invertebrate species. The Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996, part of the Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act, mandated designation and monitoring of “Essential Fish Habitat” (EFH), creating the need for efficient, effective, and accurate approaches for monitoring habitat at multiple spatial scales. Because the relationships between fisheries species and their associated habitats are complex and can vary across ontogenies and regions, approaches to monitoring faunal-habitat associations are also needed to quantify the impact of EFH on fisheries stocks. However, funding limitations can prohibit monitoring fauna, habitat, and faunal-habitat associations at the multiple spatial and temporal scales necessary to accurately quantify faunal response to habitat change. The resulting information gap creates challenges to using science to inform decision making, especially in cases of reactive management decisions that are typical of state agencies. This dissertation explores the resource management potential of utilizing free, publicly available datasets to examine estuarine faunal-habitat associations at multiple spatial scales in Texas. A hierarchical approach was used to link three tiers of habitat data to faunal abundance data from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Fisheries Independent Monitoring (FIM) program to evaluate the influence of habitat availability and quality on target species’ occurrence and abundance. Target species were selected based on their commercial and recreational importance and included Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus), Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), Brown shrimp (Farfantepenaeus aztecus), and White shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus). The three tiers are used to monitor fauna and associated fauna at multiple spatial and temporal scales and range from broad, ... |
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