Habitat Associations and Co-Occurrence Patterns of Two Estuarine-Dependent Predatory Fishes

• Main Authors: Livernois, Mariah C., Powers, Sean P., Albins, Mark A., Mareska, John F.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: JagWorks@USA 2020
• Subjects: Red Drum; Spotted Seatrout; estuarine-dependent; submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV); gillnets; co-occurrence; Animal Sciences; Aquaculture and Fisheries; Behavior and Ethology; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Environmental Sciences; Life Sciences; Marine Biology; Natural Resources and Conservation; Natural Resources Management and Policy; Other Environmental Sciences; Population Biology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Alabama; Sav’; Red drum; Sciaenops ocellatus
• Online Access: https://jagworks.southalabama.edu/usa_faculty_staff_pubs/76; https://jagworks.southalabama.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1076&context=usa_faculty_staff_pubs

Estuarine-dependent fishes experience a wide range of environmental conditions, and most species exhibit distinct associations with particular habitats. However, similar species or multiple conspecifics often overlap spatiotemporally, which can result in ecological interactions that have consequence...