Abstract--We examined the diets and habitat shift of juvenile red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) in the north east Gulf of Mexico. Fish were collected from open sand-mud habitat (little to no relief), and artificial reef habitat (1-[m.sup.3] concrete or PVC blocks), from June 1993 through December 1994. In 1994, fish settled over open habitat from June to September, as shown by trawl collections, then began shifting to reef habitat--a shift that was almost completed by December as ...
<160 mm SL were collected from open habitat, whereas only red snapper>