Red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) Habitat Use in an Urban System; Behavior of Reintroduced Fish in Bayou St. John, New Orleans

• Main Author: Brogan, Sunny
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ScholarWorks@UNO 2010
• Subjects: Sciaenops ocellatus; telemetry; red drum; Bayou St. John; restoration; Orleans; Pontchartrain; Red drum
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1185; https://scholarworks.uno.edu/context/td/article/2168/viewcontent/NOD_CISOPTR_991_filename_984.pdf

Bayou St. John is a degraded water-body located within the City of New Orleans and is the focus of restoration efforts. I tested the ability of reintroduced red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) to survive in this system and assessed their habitat use and behavior. I tracked 29 red drum fitted with externa...